English Explanatory Dictionary

intervenient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Being only in between other more important things; secondary, incidental.
  2. Intervening, interceding, placed or coming between.
noun
  1. One who intervenes.

Pronunciation

/ɪntəˈviːnɪənt/

Word forms

intervenient intervenients

Etymology

From the present participle stem of Latin intervenīre.

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