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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
obvention \obven"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.
1913 webster
legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great
persons, and other casualities and obventions.
--fuller.
1913 webster
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ob-
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