1. intervene(v = verb.social) interfere, interpose, step in - 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?"
is one way to interact
Derived forms noun intervenor1, noun intervention1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
2. intervene(v = verb.stative) - be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
is one way to lie
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
3. intervene(v = verb.change) - occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Sample sentences:
Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
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 (
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]
To come between. [1913 Webster]
"Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates." [1913 Webster]
A coming between; intervention; meeting. Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
intervene, v.intr. (often foll. by between, in)
1 occur in time between events.
2 interfere; come between so as to prevent or modify the result or course of events.
3 be situated between things.
4 come in as an extraneous factor or thing.
5 Law interpose in a lawsuit as a third party.
Derivative:
intervener n. intervenient adj. intervenor n.
Etymology:
L intervenire (as INTER-, venire come)
VB subserve, minister, mediate, intervene, be instrumental, pander to, officiate, tend.
VB be discontinuous, alternate, intermit, sputter, stop and start, hesitate, discontinue, pause, interrupt, intervene, break, break in upon, break off, interpose, break the thread, snap the thread, disconnect, dissever.
VB mediate, mediatize, intercede, interpose, interfere, intervene, step in, negotiate, meet halfway, arbitrate, magnas componere lites, bargain.
VB continue last endure, go on, remain, persist, intervene, elapse, hold out, take time, take up time, fill time, occupy time, pass time, pass away time, spend time, while away time, consume time, talk against time, tide over, use time, employ time, seize an opportunity, waste time.
VB lie between, come between, get between, intervene, slide in, interpenetrate, permeate, put between, introduce, import, throw in, wedge in, edge in, jam in, worm in, foist in, run in, plow in, work in, interpose, interject, intercalate, interpolate, interline, interleave, intersperse, interweave, interlard, interdigitate, sandwich in, fit in, squeeze in, let in, dovetail, splice, mortise, insinuate, smuggle, infiltrate, ingrain, interfere, put in an oar, thrust one's nose in, intrude, obtrude, have a finger in the pie, introduce the thin end of the wedge, thrust in.