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intervenient

[ in-ter-veen-yuhnt ]

adjective

  1. intervening, as in place, time, order, or action.
  2. incidental; extraneous.


noun

  1. a person who intervenes.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of intervenient1

1595–1605; < Latin intervenient- (stem of interveniēns ) coming between, present participle of intervenīre. See intervene, -ent

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