Interval
(In"ter*val In"ter*vale) n. A tract of low ground between hills, or along the banks of a stream,
usually alluvial land, enriched by the overflowings of the river, or by fertilizing deposits of earth from the
adjacent hills. Cf. Bottom, n., 7. [Local, U. S.]
The woody intervale just beyond the marshy land.
The Century. Intervallum
(||In`ter*val"lum) n.; pl. Intervallums L. Intervalla [L.] An interval. [R.]
And a' shall laugh without intervallums.
Shak.
In one of these intervalla.
Chillingworth. Intervary
(In`ter*va"ry) v. i. To alter or vary between; to change. [Obs.] Rush.
Interveined
(In`ter*veined") a. Intersected, as with veins.
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.]
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.
Intervene
(In`ter*vene"), v. t. To come between. [R.]
Self-sown woodlands of birch, alder, etc., intervening the different estates.
De Quincey. Intervene
(In`ter*vene") n. A coming between; intervention; meeting. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Intervener
(In`ter*ven"er) n. One who intervenes; especially (Law), a person who assumes a part in a
suit between others.
Intervenience
(In`ter*ven"ience In`ter*ven"ien*cy) n. Intervention; interposition. [R.]
Intervenient
(In`ter*ven"ient) a. [L. interveniens, p. pr. of intervenire.] Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed.
[Obs.] Bacon.
Intervent
(In`ter*vent") v. t. [See Intervene.] To thwart; to obstruct. [Obs.] Chapman.
Intervention
(In`ter*ven"tion) n. [L. interventio an interposition: cf. F. intervention.]
