Intervene

[In`ter*vene·]

From the Latin "intervenire," meaning “to come between,” the verb intervene means just that: to get involved, to jump in the middle of something, to interfere.

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To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

Verb
occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"

Verb
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?"

Verb
be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"


v. i.
To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

v. i.
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.

v. i.
To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.

v. i.
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.

v. t.
To come between.

n.
A coming between; intervention; meeting.


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.

Intervene

In`ter*vene", v. t. To come between. [R.]
Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates.

Intervene

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

To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

To come between.

A coming between; intervention; meeting.

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Usage Examples

The relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that.

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Other Usage Examples

History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state.

President Obama has basically avoided or not done any attempt to intervene in any positive way in the housing market. I think in the financial crisis that's been a shame.