Definition of Intervene

1. 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?"

Exact synonyms: Interfere, Interpose, Step In
Generic synonyms: Interact
Specialized synonyms: Meddle, Tamper, Interlope
Derivative terms: Interference, Intervenor, Intervention

2. Verb. Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events. "Eight days intervened"
Generic synonyms: Lie

3. Verb. Occur between other event or between certain points of time. "The war intervened between the birth of her two children"

Definition of Intervene

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

2. v. t. To come between.

3. n. A coming between; intervention; meeting.

Definition of Intervene

1. [v -VENED, -VENING, -VENES]

Medical Definition of Intervene

1. To come between. "Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc, intervening the different estates." (De Quincey) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intervene

intervaginal space of optic nerve
interval
interval
intervale
intervale
intervales
intervalley
intervallic
intervalometer
intervalometers
intervals
interval operation
interval scale
intervascular
intervene (current term)
intervene (current term)
intervened
intervener
interveners
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intervening
intervening sequence
intervening variable
intervenor
intervenors
intervenous tubercle
intervention
intervention
interventional angiography
interventional radiology

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