資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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