Obvention
Pronunciation : Ob*ven"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. obvention, fr. obvenire to come before or in the way of, to befall; ob (see Ob-) + venire to come: cf.F. obvention.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913