overact
English
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edit- IPA(key): /ˌəʊvəɹˈækt/
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Verb
editoveract (third-person singular simple present overacts, present participle overacting, simple past and past participle overacted)
- (acting) To act in an exaggerated manner.
- He overacted his part.
- (obsolete, transitive) To act upon, or influence, unduly.
- 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:
- The hope of inheritance overacts them.
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editact in an exaggerated manner
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