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Overact   Listen
verb
Overact  v. t.  
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."





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"Overact" Quotes from Famous Books



... more than our desert, Though He may seem to overact His part: Sometimes He strikes us more than flesh can bear; But yet still less than grace ...
— The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2 • Robert Herrick


Words linked to "Overact" :   ham it up, play, dramaturgy, act, dramatics, overplay, ham, underact, playact


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