intervenient

American  

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

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

Example Sentences

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 Tupper, Ferdinand Brock

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 Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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 Symonds, John Addington

But then daily debility and occasional sickness were far overbalanced by intervenient days, and, perhaps, weeks void of pain, and overflowing with comfort.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 4 1780-1784 by Boswell, James

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