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intervening
(encz) | intervening,zasahování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Intervening
(gcide) | Intervene \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.]
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1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; --
followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes
between Europe and Africa.
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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.
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3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
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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.
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intervening
(wn) | intervening
adj 1: occurring or falling between events or points in time;
"so much had happened during the intervening years" |
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intervening
(encz) | intervening,zasahování n: Zdeněk Brož |
intervening
(wn) | intervening
adj 1: occurring or falling between events or points in time;
"so much had happened during the intervening years" |
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