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intervene

in·ter·vene

UK/ˌɪntəˈviːn/ US/ˌɪntɚˈvin/ fairly common

verb

1.

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.

be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events

  • “This interludes intervenes between the two movements”
  • “Eight days intervened”
3.

occur between other event or between certain points of time

  • “the war intervened between the birth of her two children”

Origin

Back-formation from intervention, and/or from Latin interveniō (“come between”, verb).

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