Definitions for: Intermit

[v] cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: break, pause

See Also: break up, breathe, catch one's breath, cut off, disrupt, interrupt, rest, take a breather, take five, take ten

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