obvention Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ob*ven"tion noun

Etymology

L. obvention, fr. obvenire to come before or in the way of, to befall; ob (see Ob-) + venire to come: cf.F. obvention.

Definitions

1. 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.