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overact

overact is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To act upon, or influence, unduly. [Obs.] The hope of inheritance overacts them. Milton.
  2. 2.To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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