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intervene
verb
1 intervene
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?.
synonyms: interfere, interpose, step in.
Roget 70:
be discontinuous
etc.
adj.;
alternate,
intermit,
sputter,
stop and start,
hesitate.
discontinue,
pause,
interrupt;
intervene;
break,
break in upon,
break off;
interpose
etc.
228;
break the thread,
snap the thread;
disconnect
etc.
(disjoin)
44;
dissever.
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Roget 106:
continue last endure,
go on,
remain,
persist;
intervene;
elapse
etc.
109;
hold out.
take time,
take up time,
fill time,
occupy time.
pass time,
pass away time,
spend time,
while away time,
consume time,
talk against time;
tide over;
use time,
employ time;
seize an opportunity
etc.
134;
waste time
etc.
(be inactive)
683.
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Roget 228:
lie between,
come between,
get between;
intervene,
slide in,
interpenetrate,
permeate.
put between,
introduce,
import,
throw in,
wedge in,
edge in,
jam in,
worm in,
foist in,
run in,
plow in,
work in;
interpose,
interject,
intercalate,
interpolate,
interline,
interleave,
intersperse,
interweave,
interlard,
interdigitate,
sandwich in,
fit in,
squeeze in;
let in,
dovetail,
splice,
mortise;
insinuate,
smuggle;
infiltrate,
ingrain.
interfere,
put in an oar,
thrust one's nose in;
intrude,
obtrude;
have a finger in the pie;
introduce the thin end of the wedge;
thrust in
etc.
(insert)
300.
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Roget 631:
subserve,
minister,
mediate,
intervene;
be instrumental
etc.
adj.;
pander to;
officiate;
tend.
Roget 724:
mediate,
mediatize†;
intercede,
interpose,
interfere,
intervene;
step in,
negotiate;
meet halfway;
arbitrate;
magnas componere lites [Lat.].
bargain
etc.
794
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Dutch: hinderen, ingrijpen, interfereren, interveniëren, storen, tussenbeide komen, verstoren
2 intervene
Be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events.
Dutch: tussenkomen
3 intervene
Occur between other event or between certain points of time.
Dutch: ingrijpen
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