Obvention

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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           Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great
           persons, and other casualities and obventions.
                                                    --Fuller.
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