INTERVENE

intervene

Verb

  1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
    The Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
  2. To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened (i.e. between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.
  3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel; get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action
  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.


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