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verb
To act in an understated manner or with little expressiveness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
act (a role) with great restraint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: underplay
Antonyms: overact
Broader terms: act, play, roleplay, playact
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English underact From under- + act.
