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intervenient

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in⋅ter⋅ven⋅ient

[in-ter-veen-yuhnt]
–adjective
1. intervening, as in place, time, order, or action.
2. incidental; extraneous.
–noun
3. a person who intervenes.

Origin:
1595–1605; < L intervenient- (s. of interveniēns) coming between, prp. of intervenīre. See intervene, -ent
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