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intervene
(redirected from interveners)

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intervene between (someone and someone else)
to intercede between someone and someone else. I decided to intervene between Ralph and his brother, who were arguing endlessly. There was no point in intervening between Bill and Bob.

intervene in something

to get involved in something. I will have to intervene in this matter. It's getting out of hand. I want to intervene in this before it becomes a major problem.

intervene with someone or something

to step into a matter concerning someone or something. Megan said she would intervene with the bank manager on our behalf. Do I need to intervene with this process?


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Owens and the interveners stressed that the issue was behaviour and not sexual orientation.
The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, People First of Canada and Canadian Association for Community Living were interveners in the case.
Necessite dans l'intervention de reconsiderer les premisses de depart quant a la nature des hommes [Need as interveners to reevaluate our premices about men and their true nature].
 
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