intermit

intermit
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • intermit — index adjourn, cease, delay, desist, discontinue (break continuity), disrupt, fluctuate, interfere, interrupt …   Law dictionary

  • intermit — (v.) 1540s, from L. intermittere to leave off, omit, suspend, interrupt, neglect, from inter between (see INTER (Cf. inter )) + mittere to send (see MISSION (Cf. mission)). Related: Intermitted; intermitting; intermittingly …   Etymology dictionary

  • intermit — suspend, stay, *defer, postpone Analogous words: interrupt, *arrest, check: *stop, discontinue: abate, reduce, lessen, *decrease Contrasted words: *continue, persist: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • intermit — [in΄tər mit′] vt., vi. intermitted, intermitting [L intermittere < inter + mittere: see INTER & MISSION] to stop for a time; cease at intervals; make or be intermittent; discontinue intermitter n …   English World dictionary

  • intermit — verb ( mitted; mitting) Etymology: Latin intermittere, from inter + mittere to send Date: circa 1542 transitive verb to cause to cease for a time or at intervals ; discontinue intransitive verb to be intermittent • intermitter noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • intermit — intermitter, intermittor, n. intermittingly, adv. /in teuhr mit /, v., intermitted, intermitting. v.t. 1. to discontinue temporarily; suspend. v.i. 2. to stop or pause at intervals; be intermittent. 3. to cease, stop, or break off operations for… …   Universalium

  • intermit — verb /ɪntəˈmɪt/ To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend. Idleness [...] of body is nothing but a kind of of benumbing laziness, intermitting exercise, which, if we may believe Fernelius, “[...] makes them unapt to… …   Wiktionary

  • intermit — To cease for a time …   Medical dictionary

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