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intervene
(,/I/nt/@/r'v/i/n )

noun (n)

  • A coming between; intervention; meeting.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force(verb.social)
    Example:
    Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?.
    Synonym:
    interfere, interpose, step in
    source: wordnet30
  • be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events(verb.stative)
    Example:
    This interludes intervenes between the two movements.
    Eight days intervened.
    source: wordnet30
  • occur between other event or between certain points of time(verb.change)
    Example:
    The war intervened between the birth of her two children.
    source: wordnet30
  • To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To come between.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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