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Webster 1913 Edition
Intervene
Inˊter-vene′
,Verb.
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 Africa2.
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 quarrel4.
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.
Inˊter-vene′
,Verb.
T.
To come between.
[R.]
Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc.,
intervening
the different estates. De Quincey.
Inˊter-vene′
,Noun.
A coming between; intervention; meeting.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Intervene
INTERVE'NE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To come or be between persons or things; to be situated between. Thus the Atlantic intervenes between Europe and America; the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.2.
To come between points or time or events; as the period that intervened between the treaty of Ryswick and the treaty of Utrecht.3.
To happen in a way to disturb, cross or interrupt. Events may intervene to frustrate our purposes or wishes.4.
To interpose or undertake voluntarily for another. A third party may intervene and accept a bill of exchange for another.INTERVE'NE
,Noun.