All 3 Uses of
overture
in
War and Peace
- The curtain had not yet risen and the overture was being played.†
Chpt 8 *
- Just then the last chords of the overture were heard and the conductor tapped with his stick.†
Chpt 8
- The moan of that wounded beast (the French army) which betrayed its calamitous condition was the sending of Lauriston to Kutuzov's camp with overtures for peace.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(overture as in: she made an overture) a tentative suggestion designed to draw out the reactions of others with the hope of developing something more substantial