intermit Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cease an action temporarily
    break; pause.
    • We pause for station identification
    • let's break for lunch

WordNet

In`ter*mit" transitive verb
Etymology
L. intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F. s'entremettre. See Missile.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Intermitted ; present participle & verbal noun Intermitting
Definitions
  1. To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.
    Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.
In`ter*mit" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. Pope.

Webster 1913