Ob*ven"tion (?), n. [L. obvention, fr. obvenire to come before or in the way of, to befall; ob (see Ob-) + venire to come: cf.F. obvention.]
The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.
[Obs.] "Tithes and other
obventions."
Spenser.
Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great persons, and other casualities and obventions.
Fuller.
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