Intermit

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɪntəˈmɪt/

Origin

From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere.

Full definition of intermit

Verb

1. (transitive, now rare) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 243:Idleness ... of body is nothing but a kind of of benumbing laziness, intermitting exercise, which, if we may believe Fernelius, “... makes them unapt to do anything whatever.”
• ShakespearePray to the gods to intermit the plague.

Derived terms

• intermittence
• intermittency
• intermittent

Related terms

• intermission