Category:Overact

O`ver*act", 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. Milton.

Overact O`ver*act", v. i.

Defn: to act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. B. Jonson.