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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Obventionnoun
Something happening not constantly and regularly, but uncertainly; incidental advantage.
Etymology: obvenio, Latin.
When the country grows more rich and better inhabited, the tythes and other obventions, will also be more augmented and better valued. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
Webster Dictionary
Obventionnoun
the act of happening incidentally; that which happens casually; an incidental advantage; an occasional offering
Etymology: [L. obvention, fr. obvenire to come before or in the way of, to befall; ob (see Ob-) + venire to come: cf. F. obvention.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Obvention
ob-ven′shun, n. (obs.) any incidental occurrence, or advantage, esp. an offering.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Obvention in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Obvention in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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