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verb (used without object), -vened, -ven·ing.
1.
to come between disputing people, groups, etc.; intercede; mediate.
2.
to occur or be between two things.
3.
to occur or happen between other events or periods: Nothing important intervened between the meetings.
4.
(of things) to occur incidentally so as to modify or hinder: We enjoyed the picnic until a thunderstorm intervened.
5.
EXPANDto interfere with force or a threat of force: to intervene in the affairs of another country.
6.
COLLAPSELaw. to interpose and become a party to a suit pending between other parties.
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Intervenes
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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intervene
c.1600, from L. intervenire, from inter "between" + venire "to come" (see venue).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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