Overture

ō′vėr-tūr, n. a proposal, an offer for acceptance or rejection: ( mus. ) a piece introductory to a greater piece or ballet: a discovery or disclosure: the method in Presbyterian usage of beginning legislation and maturing opinion by sending some proposition from the presbyteries to the General A embly, and vice versâ , also the proposal so sent.— v.t. to lay a proposal before. [Fr.]