Intervened

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intervene \In`ter*vene"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Intervened}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Intervening}.] [L. intervenire, interventum, to
     intervene, to hinder; inter between + venire to come; akin to
     E. come: cf. F. intervenir. See {Come}.]
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     1. To come between, or to be between, persons or things; --


        followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes
        between Europe and Africa.
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     2. To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or
        events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and
        the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the
        intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking.
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     3. To interpose; as, to intervene to settle a quarrel.
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     4. 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.
        --Abbott.
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