Meaning of INTERMIT
| Pronunciation: | | `intur'mit
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| | Definition: | | [v] cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" |
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| | Synonyms: | | break, pause |
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| | See Also: | | break up, breathe, catch one's breath, cut off, disrupt, interrupt, rest, take a breather, take five, take ten | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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