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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : in-ter-mit
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈmɪt



Definition of intermitted

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin intermittere "to leave off, omit, suspend, interrupt, neglect," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + mittere "to send" (see mission). Related: Intermitted; intermitting; intermittingly.
  • As in postponed : adj deferred
  • As in interfere : verb meddle, intervene
  • As in remit : verb stop, postpone
  • As in stay : verb hold in abeyance
  • As in suspend : verb delay, hold off
  • As in cease : verb stop, conclude
  • As in defer : verb hold off, put off
  • As in delay : verb cause stop in action
  • As in halt : verb stop, cause to stop
Example sentences :
  • What intermits or is intermitted returns again, as a fever that intermits.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • The doctors say in their account that it was while they intermitted the holding of our feet.
  • Extract from : « The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism » by A. Leah Underhill
  • But Augustus was the first, who restored that intermitted law.
  • Extract from : « Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals » by John Dryden
  • At this time, it should be remembered, regular exchanges were intermitted.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Jefferson Davis » by Frank H. Alfriend
  • I am not informed that any died of this fever whilst it intermitted.
  • Extract from : « A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) » by Charles Creighton
  • In the heat of the day it is intermitted, and resumed in the evening.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. II (of 4) » by William Kirby
  • It was a nightly ceremony which had not been intermitted since the two came to the Point.
  • Extract from : « Woven with the Ship » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • Before morning broke, however, it was clear that the march must be intermitted.
  • Extract from : « Barclay of the Guides » by Herbert Strang
  • But the stern resistance of the natives was not intermitted.
  • Extract from : « Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 » by Brantz Mayer
  • But if you have intermitted thirty days, make a sacrifice to God.
  • Extract from : « A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion » by Epictetus

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