Category:Obvention

Ob*ven"tion, n. Etym: [l. obvention, fr. obvenire to come before or In the way of, to befall; ob (see ob-) + venire to come: cf.F. Obvention.]

Defn: 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.