intervene

IPA: ɪntɝvˈin

(intransitive) To become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.
(intransitive) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events.
(intransitive) To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
(transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in the middle of a conversation or discussion between other people, or to respond to a situation involving other people.
(transitive, intransitive) To come between, or to be between, persons or things.
(law) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter.

Examples of "intervene" in Sentences

I no longer know if the will to intervene is something that an institute like Boston College can teach.
The U.S. assumption that the Chinese would intervene is inconsistent, literally, with two millenia of Vietnamese history.
Reuters The dollar reached a two-week low against the yen, amid speculation Japan may again intervene in currency markets.
Instead it will be those that know that sitting around HOPING and PRAYing in some invisible god to intervene is not doing anything productive.
For libertarians — who CONSTANTLY complain about government intervention — now to complain about government for failing to intervene is the very picture of chutzpah.
"The prime reason we're continuing to intervene is we want to protect, we want to not penalize the export sector excessively" from exaggerated currency fluctuations, he said.
The prime reason we're continuing to intervene is we want to protect, we want to not penalize the export sector excessively, and this issue is becoming very very difficult globally.
Your statement that the courts are reluctant to intervene is irrelevant since the Judicial branch was specifically created to serve as a check and balance against overreaching by the legislative and executive branches, and thankfully, we as citizens do have the standing to sue in the federal court if the Congress attempts to pass the Health Care “Whatever” into a law.