About The Word Intermit
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Intermit
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What's The Definition Of Intermit?
[v] cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Intermit: break | pause Related Terms | Find terms related to Intermit: alternate | arrest | be here again | break | break off | call a break | call time | check | circle | cleanse | cleanse away | come again | come and go | come around | come round | come round again | come up again | cut off | cycle | declare a recess | defer | delay | deliver | discharge | fluctuate | free | free from | give release | give respite | hold off | hold over | hold up | interlude | interrupt | interval | intervene | lack regularity | oscillate | pause | postpone | prorogue | pulsate | pulse | purge | purge away | put off | reappear | recess | recur | release | remove | reoccur | repeat | reprieve | return | revolve | roll around | rotate | snap the thread | stay | suspend | take a break | take five | take ten | turn | undulate | vary | wheel | wheel around See Also | break up | breathe | catch one's breath | cut off | disrupt | interrupt | rest | take a breather | take five | take ten Intermit In Webster's Dictionary \In`ter*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intermitted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Intermitting}.] [L. intermittere; inter between
+ mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's
self) with, F. s'entremettre. See {Missile}.]
To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt;
to suspend.
Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. --Shak.
\In`ter*mit"\, v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. --Pope. |
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