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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | intervenire, from venire 'to come' |
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in‧ter‧vene
1 [intransitive] to become involved in an argument, fight, or other difficult situation in order to change what happens 
The army will have to intervene to prevent further fighting.
The army will have to intervene to prevent further fighting.2 [intransitive and transitive] to interrupt someone when they are speaking : 'Stop shouting, Emily,' John intervened.
'Stop shouting, Emily,' John intervened.3 [intransitive] if an event intervenes, it delays or interrupts something else : He was just establishing his career when the war intervened.
He was just establishing his career when the war intervened.4 [intransitive] if a period of time intervenes, it comes between two events : In the six years that intervened I saw them once.
In the six years that intervened I saw them once.
