LekhoriLekhoriAn opening; a recess or chamber.
c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes the cave's inmost overture
Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
It was he That made the overture of thy treasons to us.
An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc.
overture of friendship
To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.
For a partner setting a table in a game of “house,” an overturing child might assume the role of the father returning home from work at dinnertime rather than overturing by throwing a ball toward the child and yelling “catch.”
Overt, that is, disclosed.
Crest : A falcon, wings overture.
From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture. Doublet of aperture.
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