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INTERVENE
intervene
(verb) occur between other event or between certain points of time; “the war intervened between the birth of her two children”
intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
(verb) get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; “Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?”
intervene
(verb) be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; “This interludes intervenes between the two movements”; “Eight days intervened”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
intervene (third-person singular simple present intervenes, present participle intervening, simple past and past participle intervened)
(intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
Synonyms: interfere, step in
(intransitive) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
(intransitive) To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
(ambitransitive) To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.
Synonym: interrupt
(ambitransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
(legal) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*vene", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intervened; p. pr. & vb. n. Intervening.] Etym: [L. intervenire, interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F. intervenir. See Come.]
1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
2. To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.
3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
4. In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter. Abbott.
In`ter*vene", v. t.
Definition: To come between. [R.] Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. De Quincey.
In`ter*vene", n.
Definition: A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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