About The Word Intervene
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Intervene
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What's The Definition Of Intervene?
[v] get involved, usually so as to hinder or halt an action; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Intervene: interfere | interpose | step in Related Terms | Find terms related to Intervene: act between | arbitrate | arrest | bargain | barge in | bottle up | break | break in | break in upon | burst in | butt in | call a break | call time | charge in | check | come between | countercheck | crash | crash in | crash the gates | creep in | crowd in | curb | cut in | dam up | damp | dampen | declare a recess | delay | detain | divide | drag in | edge in | elapse | elbow in | encroach | entrench | foist in | fudge in | go between | hinder | hold back | hold in check | hold up | horn in | impede | impinge | implant in | impose | impose on | impose upon | infiltrate | infringe | inhibit | inject in | insert in | insinuate | insinuate in | intercalate | intercede | intercept | interfere | interjaculate | interject | interlope | interlude | intermeddle | intermediate | intermit | interpolate | interpose | interrupt | interval | introduce in | intrude | invade | irrupt | judge | keep back | keep in check | lug in | make terms | meddle | mediate | meet halfway | moderate | negotiate | obtrude | oppose | part | pass | pause | press in | push in | put between | put on | put upon | recess | referee | represent | repress | resist | restrain | retard | run in | rush in | sandwich | scotch | separate | set back | sever | slacken | slink in | slip in | smash in | smuggle in | sneak in | snub | squeeze in | steal in | step in | storm in | suppress | take a break | take five | take ten | throng in | throw in | thrust in | treat with | trench | trespass | umpire | wedge in | work in | worm in See Also | horn in | interact | interlope | intrude into | meddle | meddle with | poke into | tamper Intervene In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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