OVERTURE

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." Chapman.

2.
n.

Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.] It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us. Shak.

3.
n.

A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great overture of the gospel." Barrow.

4.
n.

A composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture.

5.
v.

To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.

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