INTERMIT', 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', 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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