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(), 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. Abbott. In°tervene" v. t.To come between. [R.] Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates. De Quincey. In°tervene" (), n.A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. スポンサード リンク
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