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