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.
© Webster 1913.
O`ver*act" (?), v. i.
To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action.
B. Jonson.
© Webster 1913.