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The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.

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  1. n. The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering.
  2. 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.
  3. The act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually;an incidental advantage; an occasional offering. [Obs.] "Tithes andother obventions." Spenser.Legacies bequeathed by the deaths of princes and great persons, andother casualities and obventions. Fuller.