Sound is shut out by the intervention of that lax membrane.
Holder.
2. Any interference that may affect the interests of others;
especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another;
mediation.
Let us decide our quarrels at home, without the intervention, of
any foreign power.
Sir W. Temple.
3. (Civil Law) The act by which a third person, to protect his own
interest, interposes and becomes a party to a suit pending between
other parties.
In`ter*ven"tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. interventeur.] One who intervenes; a
mediator; especially (Eccles. Hist.), a person designated by a church
to reconcile parties, and unite them in the choice of officers.
Coleman.
In`ter*ven*tric"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Between the ventricles; as, the
interventricular partition of the heart.
In`ter*ven"ue (?), n. [See Intervene, Avenue.] Interposition. [Obs.]
Sir H. Blount.
In`ter*vert" (?), v. t. [L. intervertere; inter between + vertere to
turn.] To turn to another course or use. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
In`ter*ver"te*bral (?), a. (Anat.) Between vertebræ. --
In`ter*ver"te*bral*ly, adv.
In"ter*view (?), n. [F. entrevue, fr. entrevoir to see imperfectly, to
have a glimpse of, s'entrevoir to visit each other. See Inter- , and
View.]
1. A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or
official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had
an interview with the President.
2. A conversation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting
information for publication; the published statement so elicited.
A recent use, originating in American newspapers, but apparently
becoming general.
In"ter*view, v. t. To have an interview with; to question or converse
with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for
publication. [Recent]
In"ter*view`er (?), n. One who interviews; especially, one who obtains
an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or
obtaining information for publication.
It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days.
Leslie Stephen.
In"ter*view`ing, n. The act or custom of holding an interview or
interviews.
An article on interviewing in the "Nation" of January 28, 1869, . .
. was the first formal notice of the practice under that name.
The American.
In`ter*vis"i*ble (?), a. (Surv.) Mutually visible, or in sight, the one
from the other, as stations.
In`ter*vis"it (?), v. i. To exchange visits. [R.] Evelyn.