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intermit
[ in-ter-mit ]
verb (used with object)
- to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
Synonyms: interrupt
intermit
/ ˌɪntəˈmɪt /
verb
- to suspend (activity) or (of activity) to be suspended temporarily or at intervals
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Derived Forms
- ˌinterˈmittingly, adverb
- ˌinterˈmittor, noun
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Other Words From
- inter·mitter inter·mittor noun
- inter·mitting·ly adverb
- unin·ter·mitted adjective
- unin·ter·mitting adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intermit1
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Example Sentences
I will do this tonic justice, and frankly admit that the accursed portrait began to intermit its visits under its influence.
Prmrs cvittis intermit patrque urbem sine ll dmictine15 trdidit.
I did not intermit my labor, urged as I was by a mysterious instinct downward.
Dick was one of those people whose wrath has a tendency to intermit and get cold, even to perish, temporarily, from forgetfulness.
So, in dependence on those prophets, they applied themselves earnestly to building, and did not intermit one day.
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