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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1578-1588
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Intervene, v. [e.m.E. (1605), L. intervenīre.] a. intr. To come between. b. tr. To interrupt, prevent. c. intr. To come in casually.a.1587 Acts III. 475/2.
Notwithstanding the diuturnitie and lenth of tyme that hes intervenitb. 1588 King. Catechism H j.
Pape Pius Quintus … , being interueneit by daith, left the same to … his successorc.1578 Perth Kirk S. in Andrews Bygone Ch. Life (1899) 39.
James Sym, uptaker of the casualities that intervenes in the kirk
