interpose; interfere, mediate, step in; happen between other events; occur, take place; occur unexpectedly
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Intervene Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Intervene Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To come between.
To come between.
(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.
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.
To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
(v. i.)
To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
(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.
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.
(n.)
A coming between; intervention; meeting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA coming between; intervention; meeting.
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.] h. wotton.
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.
intervene
v : get involved, usually so as to hinder or halt an action; "why did the u.s. not intervene earlier in ww ii?" [syn: step in, interfere, interpose]
To interfere for some end.
Rhyngu = v. to intervene; to medirate. Rhyngu bodd, to please
Verb
1. 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?"
(synonym) step in, interfere, interpose
(hypernym) interact
(hyponym) poke into, intrude into, meddle with, horn in
(derivation) intervenor
2. be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
(hypernym) lie
3. occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
(hypernym) happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Intervene Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Intervention may refer to:
- Interventionism (politics)
- Humanitarian intervention, an attempt to reduce suffering within a state through armed conflict
- Entente intervention in the Russian Civil War at 1918-1925
- Invasion or military offensive
- Intervention (counseling), an attempt to compel a subject to "get help" for an addiction or other problem
- Cognitive interventions, a set of techniques and therapies practiced in counseling
- Economic interventionism, when a central bank buys or sells foreign currencies in an attempt to adjust exchange rates
- Intervention (law), a legal procedure for a nonparty to enter an ongoing lawsuit
- Health intervention, an effort to promote good health behaviour or to prevent bad health behaviour
- Art intervention, an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience, or venue/space
- The Ottaviani Intervention, a study written by Cardinals Alfredo Ottaviani and Antonio Bacci to Pope Paul VI concerning changes to the Catholic Mass
- Well intervention, a term for the maintenance and repair of oil and gas wells
- Another name for the Northern Territory National Emergency Response
- CheyTac Intervention, a long range sniper rifle
- Intervention (consulting), term used in the field of Organizational Development
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