Bible Dictionaries
Overact

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To act upon, or influence, unduly.

(2):

(v. i.) To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Overact'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/overact.html. 1828.