overture
noun
an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer.
overtured
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past participleof overture.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof overture.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
overturenounan opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer.
Example Sentences
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The book was for many days snubbed, buffeted, browbeaten; and the care fully-woven tapestry was torn into shreds and trampled upon; and it seemed that the patiently sculptured shrine was overtured and despised and desecrated.
From St. Elmo by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
