Overture
Overture
[Old French overture, French ouverture, from Old French ovrir, French ouvrir. See Overt.]
1.
An opening or aperture; a recess; a chamber. [Obsolete] — Chapman
The cave's inmost overture.
2.
Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obsolete]
It was he
That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
3.
A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.
The great overture of the gospel.
4.
(Music) 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.
Overture , transitive verb
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.