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overacts

overacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overact.

Meaning of overact

Verb

overact (third-person singular simple present overacts, present participle overacting, simple past and past participle overacted)

  1. (intransitive) To act in an exaggerated manner.
    • He overacted his part.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To act upon, or influence, unduly.
    • The hope of inheritance overacts them.1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC

Questions about overacts

What is overacts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overacts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overact.

Words near overacts in the dictionary

  1. overactiveness
  2. overactivities
  3. overactivity
  4. overactor
  5. overactors
  6. overacts
  7. overactuated
  8. overadapt
  9. overadaptation
  10. overadaptations
  11. overadapted

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