'Intermit' definitions:
Definition of 'intermit'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Intermit'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intermit'
From: GCIDE
- Intermit \In`ter*mit"\, v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intermit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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