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Webster 1913 Edition

Intermit

Inˊter-mit′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Intermitted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Intermitting
.]
[L.
intermittere
;
inter
between +
mittere
,
missum
, to send: cf. OE.
entremeten
to busy (one’s self) with, F.
s'entremettre
. See
Missile
.]
To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend.
Pray to the gods to
intermit
the plague.
Shakespeare

Inˊter-mit′

,
Verb.
I.
To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intermit

INTERMIT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. intermitto; inter and mitto, to send.]
To cause to cease for a time; to interrupt; to suspend.
Pray to the gods, to intermit the plague
That needs must light on this ingratitude.

INTERMIT'

,
Verb.
I.
To cease for a time; to go off at intervals; as a fever. A tertian fever intermits every other day. The pulse sometimes intermits for a second of time.

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