INTERMIT

pause, intermit, break

(verb) cease an action temporarily; “We pause for station identification”; “let’s break for lunch”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

intermit (third-person singular simple present intermits, present participle intermitting, simple past and past participle intermitted)

(transitive, now rare) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.

Source: Wiktionary

In`ter*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intermitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intermitting.] Etym: [L. intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F. s'entremettre. See Missile.]

Definition: To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.

In`ter*mit", v. i.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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