different between overtire vs overture

English

Etymology

over- +? tire

Verb

overtire (third-person singular simple present overtires, present participle overtiring, simple past and past participle overtired)

1. (transitive) To tire excessively.
2. (intransitive) To become excessively tired.

English

Etymology

From Middle English overture, from Anglo-Norman, Middle French overture, from Old French overture. Doublet of aperture.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v?tj??/, /???v?t?(?)?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?v??t???/

Noun

overture (plural overtures)

1. (obsolete) An opening; a recess or chamber. [15th-19th c.]
   • c. 1612', George Chapman, A Hymne to Hermes

     the cave's inmost overture

2. (obsolete) Disclosure; discovery; revelation.
3. (often in plural) An approach or proposal made to initiate communication, establish a relationship etc. [from 15th c.]
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 20:

     My mother had no choice; one did not turn down such an overture from the regent.

4. (Scotland) A motion placed before a legislative body, such as the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. [from 16th c.]
5. (music) A musical introduction to a piece of music. [from 17th c.]

Antonyms

• (opening of a piece of music): coda

Related terms

• overt

Translations

Verb

overture (third-person singular simple present overtures, present participle overturing, simple past and past participle overtured)

1. (intransitive) To make overtures; to approach with a proposal.
   • 2012, K.H. Rubin, H.S. Ross, Peer Relationships and Social Skills in Childhood (page 44)

     For a partner setting a table in a game of “house,” an overturing child might assume the role of the father returning home from work at dinnertime rather than overturing by throwing a ball toward the child and yelling “catch.”

Anagrams

• trouvère

Old French

Etymology

overt +? -ure, from ovrir (“to open”), or from Vulgar Latin *opert?ra, from Latin apert?ra.

Noun

overture f (oblique plural overtures, nominative singular overture, nominative plural overtures)

1. an opening

   Par l'overture s'en saut hors. (Tristan, Béroul)

   He jumped out through the opening.

Descendants

• English: overture
• French: ouverture