| Definitions of 'intervene' |
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1. (verb) intervene, step in, interfere, interpose
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?"
2. (verb) intervene
be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
"This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
3. (verb) intervene
occur between other event or between certain points of time
"the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
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| Definitions of 'intervene' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (noun) intervene
a coming between; intervention; meeting
2. (verb) intervene
to come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa
3. (verb) intervene
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
4. (verb) intervene
to interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel
5. (verb) intervene
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
6. (verb) intervene
to come between
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