Intermit

[,intә'mit]

Definition

(v. t.) To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.

(v. i.) To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Suspend, interrupt, discontinue, cease, stop, leave off, give over.

v. n. Cease, abate, subside, be suspended, be interrupted.

Editor: Moll

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Suspend, relax, discontinue, break

ANT:Continue, prosecute, urge, dispatch

Inputed by Harlow

Definition

v.t. to cause to cease for a time: to interrupt.—n. Intermiss′ion act of intermitting: interval: pause.—adj. Intermiss′ive coming at intervals.—ns. Intermit′tence Intermit′tency state of being intermittent.—adj. Intermit′tent intermitting or ceasing at intervals as a fever.—adv. Intermit′tingly.—Intermittent or Intermitting spring a spring flowing for a time and then ceasing beginning again &c.

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