Complete Definition of "intervene"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�n|-i�n

Verb
en-verb|intervenes|intervening|intervened

  1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
  2. rfd-redundant 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. rfd-redundant To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
  4. law 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.

Translations
trans-top|To come between, or to be between, persons or things
Finnish: sekaantua, puuttua, tulla väliin
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|تدخ�� (tadakhkhala)
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ttbc|Norwegian: gripe inn

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