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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, v. t. To come between. [R.] Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. --De Quincey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, n. A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intervene v : get involved, usually so as to hinder or halt an action "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?" [syn: {step in}, {interfere}, {interpose}]
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