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intermit

verb transitive

[L. intermitto; inter and mitto, to send.]

To cause to cease for a time; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods, to intermit the plague . That needs must light on this ingratitude.

intermit

verb intransitive

To cease for a time; to go off at intervals; as a fever. A tertian fever intermits every other day. The pulse sometimes intermits for a second of time.