'Intervene' definitions:
Definition of 'intervene'
(from WordNet)
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?" [syn: intervene, step in, interfere, interpose]
verb
Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
verb
Occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
Definition of 'Intervene'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel. [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intervene'
From: GCIDE
- Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, v. t. To come between. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intervene'
From: GCIDE
- Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, n. A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intervene'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- act between,
- arbitrate,
- arrest,
- bargain,
- barge in,
- bottle up,
- break,
- break in,
- break in upon,
- burst in,
- butt in,
- call a break,
- call time,
- charge in,
- check,
- come between,
- countercheck,
- crash,
- crash in,
- crash the gates,
- creep in,
- crowd in,
- curb,
- cut in,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- declare a recess,
- delay,
- detain,
- divide,
- drag in,
- edge in,
- elapse,
- elbow in,
- encroach,
- entrench,
- foist in,
- fudge in,
- go between,
- hinder,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- horn in,
- impede,
- impinge,
- implant in,
- impose,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- infiltrate,
- infringe,
- inhibit,
- inject in,
- insert in,
- insinuate,
- insinuate in,
- intercalate,
- intercede,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- interjaculate,
- interject,
- interlope,
- interlude,
- intermeddle,
- intermediate,
- intermit,
- interpolate,
- interpose,
- interrupt,
- interval,
- introduce in,
- intrude,
- invade,
- irrupt,
- judge,
- keep back,
- keep in check,
- lug in,
- make terms,
- meddle,
- mediate,
- meet halfway,
- moderate,
- negotiate,
- obtrude,
- oppose,
- part,
- pass,
- pause,
- press in,
- push in,
- put between,
- put on,
- put upon,
- recess,
- referee,
- represent,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrain,
- retard,
- run in,
- rush in,
- sandwich,
- scotch,
- separate,
- set back,
- sever,
- slacken,
- slink in,
- slip in,
- smash in,
- smuggle in,
- sneak in,
- snub,
- squeeze in,
- steal in,
- step in,
- storm in,
- suppress,
- take a break,
- take five,
- take ten,
- throng in,
- throw in,
- thrust in,
- treat with,
- trench,
- trespass,
- umpire,
- wedge in,
- work in,
- worm in