overact
VerbUS[oh-ver-akt]/ˈoʊvɚˌækt/3 syllables
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
O′ver·act′ transitive verb
1. To act or perform to excess; to exaggerate in acting; as, he overacted his part.
2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. obsolete
The hope of inheritance overacts them.— John Milton
O′ver·act′ intransitive verb
To act more than is necessary; to go to excess in action. Ben Jonson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54