intermit
[verb]
Synonyms: defer, delay, hold off, hold over, hold up, postpone, prorogue, put off, stay, suspend

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Contrasted words: continue, persist, iterate, reiterate, repeat
Related Words: arrest, check, interrupt

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intermit verb. [ɪntǝ'mɪt] Infl. -tt-. M16.
[Latin intermittere, formed as INTER- + mittere let go.]
1. verb trans. Cease, suspend, (an action, practice, etc.) for a time. Formerly also, interrupt (a person, an action, etc.). M16.
b. Omit, leave out. L16.
■ A. S. Byatt Marcus should intermit a year of his education, in order to recuperate.

2. verb intrans. Esp. Medicine. Cease or stop for a time. L16.

■ intermittedly adverb in an intermitted manner E19.

■ intermittingly adverb in an intermitting manner, intermittently M17.

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