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overanimate en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + animate.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To animate excessively.
    • Kalipada Das adopts Harold Lloyd's use of overanimated gestures and acrobatic body movement. 2013, Babli Sinha, Cinema, Transnationalism, and Colonial India: Entertaining the Raj:
    • Lightning is a very quick and simple animation technique that can easily be overanimated. Don't try and animate the lightning bolt into the frame by building it up over a sequence of keyframes. 2013, Chris Georgenes, How to Cheat in Adobe Flash CS6: The Art of Design and Animation:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overanimates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overanimated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overanimated Tense=Past lexicographic
overanimating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic