English Dictionary: intermit | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Intermit \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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Intermit \In`ter*mit"\, v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. --Pope. |