\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.