Definition
• | An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. |
• | Disclosure; discovery; revelation. |
• | A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. |
• | 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. |
• | To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject. |