intermit

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intermit

  • /ɪntəˈmɪt/ UK
  • /ɪntɚˈmɪt/ US

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From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere.

verb intermits · intermitting · intermitted

  1. archaic, transitive To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.

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