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vertu
(encz) | vertu, n: |
Vertu
(gcide) | Vertu \Ver"tu\, n.
1. Virtue; power. See Virtue. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. See Virtu.
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vertu
(wn) | vertu
n 1: love of or taste for fine objects of art [syn: virtu,
vertu, connoisseurship]
2: artistic quality [syn: virtu, vertu] |
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couverture
(encz) | couverture, n: |
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 |
overturn
(encz) | overturn,překotit v: Zdeněk Brožoverturn,převrácení n: Zdeněk Brožoverturn,převrátit v: Zdeněk Brožoverturn,převrátit se Zdeněk Brožoverturn,zvrátit v: Zdeněk Brož |
overturned
(encz) | overturned,převrácený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
konvertuje
(czen) | konvertuje,convertsv: Zdeněk Brož |
neinvertující
(czen) | neinvertující,noninverting |
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
(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}.
[1913 Webster]Overture \O"ver*ture\, v. t.
To make an overture to; as, to overture a religious body on
some subject.
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Overturn
(gcide) | Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overturned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overturning.]
1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to
overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
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2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
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3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton.
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Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish.
[1913 Webster]Overturn \O"ver*turn`\, n.
The act off overturning, or the state of being overturned or
subverted; overthrow; as, an overturn of parties.
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Overturnable
(gcide) | Overturnable \O`ver*turn"a*ble\, a.
Capable of being, or liable to be, overturned or subverted.
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Overturned
(gcide) | Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overturned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overturning.]
1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to
overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
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2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
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3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton.
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Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish.
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Overturner
(gcide) | Overturner \O`ver*turn"er\, n.
One who overturns. --South.
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Overturning
(gcide) | Overturn \O`ver*turn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overturned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overturning.]
1. To turn or throw from a basis, foundation, or position; to
overset; as, to overturn a carriage or a building.
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2. To subvert; to destroy; to overthrow.
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3. To overpower; to conquer. --Milton.
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Syn: To demolish; overthrow. See Demolish.
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Vertu
(gcide) | Vertu \Ver"tu\, n.
1. Virtue; power. See Virtue. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. See Virtu.
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Vertuous
(gcide) | Vertuous \Ver"tu*ous\, a.
Virtuous; powerful. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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couverture
(wn) | couverture
n 1: chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter |
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] |
overturn
(wn) | overturn
n 1: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by
the upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset,
overturn, turnover]
2: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset
since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset]
v 1: turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase
overturned"; "The canoe tumped over" [syn: overturn,
turn over, tip over, tump over]
2: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The
cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer
turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn:
overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over,
bowl over, tump over]
3: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House
voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn, override,
overthrow, reverse]
4: cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown";
"subvert the ruling class" [syn: overthrow, subvert,
overturn, bring down]
5: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an
embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul,
lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn,
rescind, vacate]
6: change radically; "E-mail revolutionized communication in
academe" [syn: revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn] |
overturned
(wn) | overturned
adj 1: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the
bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk";
"sat on an upturned bucket" [syn: overturned, upset,
upturned] |
COVERTUR
(bouvier) | COVERTURE. The state or condition of a married woman.
2. During coverture, the being of the wife is civilly merged, for many
purposes, into that of her husband; she can, therefore, in general, make no
contracts without his consent, express or implied. Com. Dig. Baron and Feme,
W; Pleader, 2 A 1; 1 Ch. Pl. 19, 45; Litt. s. 28; Chit. Contr. 39; 1 Bouv.
Inst. n. 276.
3. To this rule there are some exceptions: she may contract, when it is
for her benefit, as to save her from starvation. Chit. Contr. 40.
4. In some cases, when coercion has been used by the husband to induce
her to commit crime, she is exempted from punishment. 1 Ha1e, P. C. 516; 1
Russ. Cr. 16.
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