Definition of Intermit

1. Verb. Cease an action temporarily. "Let's break for lunch"

Exact synonyms: Break, Pause
Generic synonyms: Break Up, Cut Off, Disrupt, Interrupt
Specialized synonyms: Breathe, Catch One's Breath, Rest, Take A Breather, Take Five, Take Ten
Derivative terms: Break, Intermission, Pause, Pause

Definition of Intermit

1. v. t. To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.

2. v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.

Definition of Intermit

1. Verb. (transitive now rare) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intermit

1. to stop temporarily [v -MITTED, -MITTING, -MITS]

Medical Definition of Intermit

1. To cease for a time. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intermit

intermines
intermingle
intermingled
intermingledness
intermingles
intermingling
interminglings
interminiband
intermining
interministerial
intermise
intermission
intermissionless
intermissions
intermissive
intermit (current term)
intermitotic
intermits
intermitted
intermittence
intermittences
intermittencies
intermittency
intermittent
intermittent acute porphyria
intermittent albuminuria
intermittent arthralgia
intermittent claudication
intermittent cramp
intermittent explosive disorder

Literary usage of Intermit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"... the permanence, the -ous. perseverance, the conjunction or connexion ;—" to surcease, intermit, forbear, put off for a time."—Cot. Ft. Discontinuer. ..."

2. Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy by Jacques Ozanam, Jean Etienne Montucla (1814)
"... in order to explain its crystallization in stars. PROBLEM LXIII. To construct a fountain, which shall alternately flaw and intermit, ..."

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