intervene

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. 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?”Synonyms: step ininterfereinterpose
  2. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events“This interludes intervenes between the two movements”“Eight days intervened”
  3. occur between other event or between certain points of time“the war intervened between the birth of her two children”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Intervened; p. pr. & vb. n. Intervening.] [L. intervenire, interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F. intervenir. See Come.] [1913 Webster]

1.To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

3.To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, v. t. To come between. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]


Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, n. A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
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