interventive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪntɚˈvɛntəv/ (US)
Etymology
From intervene + -ive cognate with French interventive.
Meanings
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Serving to intervene or interpose; intervening.
The Laws, or Interventive Regulations, obviate or decide disputes, between players, respecting punctilios in placing the board and pieces, and limit the penalties for irregularities.
1817, William Jones, “Towards attaining a fixed Principle on a contested Elementary Point”, in Studies of Chess, page 405:In a hospital setting, midwives are following protocols that are part of a more interventive model of care.
1997 June 20, Angela Bowman, “Labor Dispute”, in Chicago Reader:His opposition to same-sex marriage rests upon two familiar conservative notions: the view that interventive “protection” rather than encouragement is the best way to bolster the presumably threatened institution of marriage […].
2007 June 27, “Same-Sex Marriage: Parsing the Arguments (1 Letter)”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more interventive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most interventive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
interventiveness · interventively
Relateds
intervention · interventionary · intervene · interventional
Translations (3)
de interventiv (intervening) · pt interventivo (intervening) · es intervencionista (intervening)