Definitions for: Intervene


[v] get involved, usually so as to hinder or halt an action; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]
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.
To come between. [R.]

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


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

Synonyms: interfere, interpose, step in

See Also: horn in, interact, interlope, intrude into, meddle, meddle with, poke into, tamper

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