Interventive

//ɪntɚˈvɛntəv// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

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"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."

Etymology

From intervene + -ive cognate with French interventive.

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