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Definition of Overacted
1. overact [v] - See also: overact
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overacted
Literary usage of Overacted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Female Biography; Or Memoirs of Illustrious and Celebrated Women, of All by Mary Hays (1803)
"... but, rash and impetuous, he overacted his part; while, through the medium of
a heated imagination, he saw trick and design in the most indifferent ..."
2. The English Novel Before the Nineteenth Century: Excerpts from by Helen Sard Hughes, Annette Brown Hopkins (1915)
"In short, Sophia so greatly overacted her part, that her aunt was at first
staggered, and began to suspect some affectation in her niece; but as she was ..."
3. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1897)
"In general, as in most cases of imposture, the part is overacted—the ... As in
mania, the part would I* overacted and an impostor would thus betray himself. ..."
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