·- Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
II. Overture ·- An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.
III. Overture ·vt To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on some subject.
IV. Overture ·- A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection.
V. Overture ·- 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.