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interventive

adj
/ɪntɚˈvɛntəv/US

Etymology

From intervene + -ive cognate with French interventive.

  1. derived from interventive

Definitions

  1. Serving to intervene or interpose

    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.
    • In a hospital setting, midwives are following protocols that are part of a more interventive model of care.
    • 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 […].

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA