intervene
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (3)
- 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
- be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events“This interludes intervenes between the two movements”“Eight days intervened”
- occur between other event or between certain points of time“the war intervened between the birth of her two children”
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]