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overture
(encz) | overture,předehra n: Zdeněk Brož |
Overture
(gcide) | Overture \O"ver*ture\, [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF.
ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]
1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.]
--Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." --Chapman.
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2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
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It was he
That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
--Shak.
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3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for
consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great
overture of the gospel." --Barrow.
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4. (Mus.) 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}.
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Overture
(gcide) | Overture \O"ver*ture\, v. t.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on
some subject.
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overture
(wn) | overture
n 1: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or
oratorio
2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what
follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment";
"drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary,
overture, prelude]
3: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture,
advance, approach, feeler] |
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coverture
(encz) | coverture,kryt n: Zdeněk Brožcoverture,přikrývka n: Zdeněk Brož |
overture
(encz) | overture,předehra n: Zdeněk Brož |
overtures
(encz) | overtures,předehry n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
concert overture
(gcide) | Overture \O"ver*ture\, [OF. overture, F. ouverture, fr. OF.
ovrir, F. ouvrir. See Overt.]
1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.]
--Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." --Chapman.
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2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
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It was he
That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
--Shak.
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3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for
consideration, acceptance, or rejection. "The great
overture of the gospel." --Barrow.
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4. (Mus.) 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}.
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Coverture
(gcide) | Coverture \Cov"er*ture\ (k?v"?r-t?r; 135), n. [OF.
coverture,F.couverture.]
1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
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Protected by walls or other like coverture.
--Woodward.
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Beatrice, who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture. --Shak.
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2. (Law) The condition of a woman during marriage, because
she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and
protection of her husband, and therefore called a {feme
covert}, or femme couverte.
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Discoverture
(gcide) | Discoverture \Dis*cov"er*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- +
coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]
1. Discovery. [Obs.]
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2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of
a woman from the coverture of a husband.
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overture
(wn) | overture
n 1: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or
oratorio
2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what
follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment";
"drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn: preliminary,
overture, prelude]
3: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture,
advance, approach, feeler] |
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