Definition of intermit Intermit

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We found 6 definitions of intermit from 5 different sources.

What does intermit mean?

Verb
intermit - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
		pause, break
		disrupt, interrupt, cut off, break up throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process"
		catch one's breath, take a breather, breathe, rest draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
		take five take a break for five minutes; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal"
		take ten take a ten minute break; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal"

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intermit (Verb)
To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.

intermit (v. t.)
To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.
intermit (v. i.)
To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.

intermit
in-tėr-mit′, v.t. to cause to cease for a time: to interrupt.—n. Intermiss′ion, act of intermitting: interval: pause.—adj. Intermiss′ive, coming at intervals.—ns. Intermit′tence, Intermit′tency, state of being intermittent.—adj. Intermit′tent, intermitting or ceasing at intervals, as a fever.—adv. Intermit′tingly.—Intermittent, or Intermitting, spring, a spring flowing for a time and then ceasing, beginning again, &c. [L. intermittĕre, -missum—inter, between, mittĕre, to cause to go.]