intermit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intermit	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for intermit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intermit v cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" Synonym(s): pause, intermit, break
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intermit \In`termit"\, 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.