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intervene(dictionary)
intervene(dictionary)

intervene (iou)



intervene verb. L16.
[Latin intervenire, formed as INTER- + venire come.]
verb trans. Come between, interfere with; prevent, hinder. L16-M19.
De Quincey Woodlands of birch..intervening the different estates with natural sylvan marches.
verb intrans. Come in as something extraneous. L16.
Wordsworth In his worst pursuits..sometimes there did intervene Pure hopes of high intent.
verb intrans. Happen or take place between other events; occur in the meantime. E17.
Carlyle If some cleaning of the Augis stable have not intervened for a long while.
verb intrans. (Of space or time) extend or lie between places or events; (of a thing) lie, be situated, between. E17.
J. Buchan The long ridge which intervenes between the Chilterns and Cotswold. T. Pynchon In the years intervening Oedipa had remembered Jesus.
verb intrans. Come between, esp. so as to modify or prevent a result etc.; interfere; Law (formerly esp. of the King's or Queen's Proctor in a divorce case) interpose in a lawsuit to which one was not an original party. M17.
W. S. Churchill Britain..had refused to intervene in the internal affairs of Italy. R. Church Before Mother could intervene, Jack accepted the situation.