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Pronunciation : In`ter*mit"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F. s'entremettre. See Missile.]
Definition : Defn: To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.

t. [imp. & p. p. Intermitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intermitting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : In`ter*mit"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. Pope.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913