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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 O·ver·ture
 1. An opening or aperture; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] --Spenser. “The cave's inmost overture.”
 2. Disclosure; discovery; revelation. [Obs.]
 It was he
 That made the overture of thy treasons to us.   --Shak.
 3. A proposal; an offer; a proposition formally submitted for consideration, acceptance, or rejection. “The great overture of the gospel.”
 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.