The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obvention
Obvention \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.
Wiktionary
obvention
n. (context obsolete English) The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.