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Definitions of intervene
  1. verb
    get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
    "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
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  2. verb
    be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events
    "This interludes intervenes between the two movements" "Eight days intervened"
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    lie
  3. verb
    occur between other event or between certain points of time
    "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
Definition that contains intervene
  • fixer someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
  • gustavus king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
  • panenthesism the belief that God is in part of the universe and its phenomena and also transcends the universe and intervenes in its operations
  • gustavus adolphus king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
  • gustavus ii king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)
  • influence peddler someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)
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