intervenue

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noun

interposition, the insertion of something between others.

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Meanings

nounintervenue (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableinterposition, the insertion of something between others.

    This Crown hath now had five weak Princes, without intervenue of any one active, yet is it in no part demolished.

    1650, Henry Blount, A Voyage into the Levant

Origin

See intervene, avenue.

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APA

intervenue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intervenue

MLA

“intervenue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intervenue. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intervenue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intervenue.

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