Part 6005

<h1>Interveined</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw>In`ter*veined"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Intersected, as with veins.</def>

<h1>Intervene</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw>In`ter*vene"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Intervened</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Intervening</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>intervenire</ets>, <ets>interventum</ets>, to intervene, to hinder; <ets>inter</ets> between + <ets>venire</ets> to come; akin to E. <ets>come</ets>: cf. F. <ets>intervenir</ets>. See <er>Come</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by <i>between</i>; <as>as, the Mediterranean <ex>intervenes</ex> between Europe and Africa</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; <as>as, an instant <ex>intervened</ex> between the flash and the report; nothing <ex>intervened</ex> ( <it>i. e.</it>, between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To interpose; <as>as, to <ex>intervene</ex> to settle a quarrel</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>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.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<h1>Intervene</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw>In`ter*vene"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To come between.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., <b>intervening</b> the different estates. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Intervene</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw>In`ter*vene"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coming between; intervention; meeting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<h1>Intervener</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw>In`ter*ven"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who intervenes; especially <fld>(Law)</fld>, a person who assumes a part in a suit between others.</def>

<h1>Intervenience, Interveniency</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw><hw>In`ter*ven"ience</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In`ter*ven"ien*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Intervention; interposition.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Intervenient</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw>In`ter*ven"ient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interveniens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>intervenire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Intervent</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw>In`ter*vent"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Intervene</er>.]</ety> <def>To thwart; to obstruct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Intervention</h1> <Xpage=781>

<hw>In`ter*ven"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>interventio</ets> an interposition: cf. F. <ets>intervention</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of intervening; interposition.</def>