All 12 Uses of
intervene
in
War and Peace
- Princess Anna Mikhaylovna intervened in the conversation, evidently wishing to show her connections and knowledge of what went on in society.†
Chpt 1
- "Wait, I have not finished…." he said to Prince Andrew, seizing him by the arm, "I believe that intervention will be stronger than nonintervention.†
Chpt 2
- "Wait, I have not finished…." he said to Prince Andrew, seizing him by the arm, "I believe that intervention will be stronger than nonintervention.†
Chpt 2
- Prince Bagration, apparently not wishing to be severe, found nothing to say; the others did not venture to intervene.†
Chpt 2
- Gervais intervened with a joke, and the talk reverted to its former lively tone.†
Chpt 6
- Princess Mary asked Mademoiselle Bourienne's pardon, and also her father's pardon for herself and for Philip the footman, who had begged for her intervention.†
Chpt 8
- Nicholas' letter in which he mentioned Princess Mary had elicited, in her presence, joyous comments from the countess, who saw an intervention of Providence in this meeting of the princess and Nicholas.†
Chpt 11
- At first her intervention in the business of packing was received skeptically.†
Chpt 11 *
- Despite all the terror of what had happened during those last days and during the first days of their journey, this feeling that Providence was intervening in her personal affairs cheered Sonya.†
Chpt 12
- Having abandoned the conception of the ancients as to the divine subjection of the will of a nation to some chosen man and the subjection of that man's will to the Deity, history cannot without contradictions take a single step till it has chosen one of two things: either a return to the former belief in the direct intervention of the Deity in human affairs or a definite explanation of the meaning of the force producing historical events and termed "power."†
Chpt 15
- The historians, in accord with the old habit of acknowledging divine intervention in human affairs, want to see the cause of events in the expression of the will of someone endowed with power, but that supposition is not confirmed either by reason or by experience.†
Chpt 15
- Without admitting divine intervention in the affairs of humanity we cannot regard "power" as the cause of events.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(intervene as in: intervened in the war) the process of getting involved to influence an outcomeThe exact meaning of intervention can depend upon its context. For example:
- "intervention program for at-risk youth" -- a process of trying to influence the direction of someone's life
- "medical intervention" -- action taken to improve a medical outcome
- "military intervention" -- interference by a government in affairs of another government (in this case to interfere militarily)
- "had a family intervention" -- an organized meeting of family members to encourage someone (who is often surprised) to recognize and work at solving a problem such as substance abuse