The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intervenient
Intervenient \In`ter*ven"ient\, a. [L. interveniens, p. pr. of
intervenire.]
Being or coming between; intercedent; interposed. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
Wiktionary
intervenient
a. 1 Being only in between other more important things; secondary, incidental. 2 intervene, interceding, placed or coming between. n. One who intervenes.
Usage examples of "intervenient".
If the sentient be a material entity sensation could only be of the order of seal-impressions struck by a ring on wax, in this case by sensible objects on the blood or on the intervenient air.
For if the intervenient appetites make any action voluntary, then by the same reason all intervenient aversions should make the same action involuntary.