Overture: alternatives and connections

Beginning; commencement; initiation.

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The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i. e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a…

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

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To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.

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The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

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Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary article…

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Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary article…

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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One who, or that which, feels.

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Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary article…

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An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strai…

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