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intervene definition and meaning

v. i. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.
v. i. 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.
v. i. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
v. i. 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.
v. t. To come between.
n. A coming between; intervention; meeting.

Crossword clues for intervene

- Step in
- Step in when internee gets upset around five


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