Lexic.us

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?"

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

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 intervenes

intervening intervening sequence intervening variable intervenor intervenors intervenous tubercle intervention intervention interventional angiography interventional radiology

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