In`ter*vene" (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Intervened (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Intervening.] [L. intervenire,
interventum, to intervene, to hinder; inter between +
venire to come; akin to E. come: cf. F.
intervenir. See Come.]
1. To come between, or to be between, persons
or things; -- followed by between; as, 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.
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. Abbott.
In`ter*vene", v. t. To come
between. [R.]
Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc.,
intervening the different estates.
De
Quincey.
In`ter*vene" (?), n. A coming
between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] Sir H.
Wotton.
