To come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.

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.

A coming between; intervention; meeting.

To come, appear, or lie between two things