Definition of Intervene
Intervene
in·ter·vene
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
to come between, so as to alter a course of events;
e.g. The prisoner asked me to intervene with the authorities on his behalf.
(verb)
to interfere with the outcome of course, to prevent from improving or failing;
e.g. The medicine would intervene with the illness, but only to ease the pain, not stop the spread.
(verb)
to enter or appear as an irrelevant or extraneous feature or circumstance;
e.g. She was having one of those days where the world seemed to intervene and caused her to trip up.
(verb)
to occur or lie between two things;
e.g. The dogs liked to intervene during snuggle time.
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