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?

[ Syn: step in , interfere , interpose ]

be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; This interludes intervenes between the two movements; Eight days intervened'

occur between other event or between certain points of time; the war intervened between the birth of her two children'