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CIDE DICTIONARY

obvention

CIDE DICTIONARY

obventionn. [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.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]
    "Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great persons, and other casualities and obventions."  [1913 Webster]

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