intervenient

American  

[in-ter-veen-yuhnt] / ˌɪn tərˈvin jənt /

adjective

1. intervening, as in place, time, order, or action.

2. incidental; extraneous.

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noun

1. a person who intervenes.

Etymology

Origin of intervenient

1595–1605; < Latin intervenient- (stem of interveniēns ) coming between, present participle of intervenīre. See intervene, -ent

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Example Sentences

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intervenient

Transit across the intervenient space being at present impracticable, we have to derive our most enlarged views of this "spotty globe" from the "optic glass."

From Moon Lore by Timothy Harley

He would sit down then and there, and write to the offended or alarmed lady, and lay his piteous case before her in his own words and rely on her compassion, without an intervenient.

From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Numerous editions succeeded, in which it is well known that every intervenient occurrence of moment was sure to be introduced, always preceded by the date of impression, so as to establish the claim of prophecy.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Although the theme is really the procession of life through countless generations, it obtains a tone of sadness from the sense of intervenient decay and change.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by John Addington Symonds

Although there were many intervenient heart-burnings, it was not until the year 1807, when Jefferson was a second time president, that the government of the United States assumed a decidedly hostile attitude towards Great Britain.

From The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock by Ferdinand Brock Tupper

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