\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}.]
1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; --
   followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes
   between Europe and Africa.
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.
3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
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.

\In`ter*vene"\, v. t.
To come between. [R.]
      Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening
      the different estates.                   --De Quincey.

\In`ter*vene"\, n.
A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] --Sir H.
Wotton.