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To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part.

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  1. v. t. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part.
  2. v. t. To act upon, or influence, unduly.
  3. v. i. To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.
  4. v. exaggerate one's acting
  5. 1. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part. 2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.] The hope of inheritance overacts them. Milton. To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. B. Jonson.
  6. To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. B.Jonson.
  7. v. exaggerate one's acting