v.
- come between so as to prevent or alter something.
▸occur as a delay or obstacle to something being done.
▸interrupt verbally.
▸Law interpose in a lawsuit as a third party.
-
[usu. as adj. intervening]
occur in time between events.
▸be situated between things.
Derivative
- intervener
(also intervenor)
n.
- intervenient adj.
Etymology
C16 (earlier (ME) as intervention): from L. intervenire, from inter- ‘between’ + venire ‘come’.