What does "intermit" mean?
Intermit: To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. Pope.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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