pause, intermit, break
(verb) cease an action temporarily; “We pause for station identification”; “let’s break for lunch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
10 April 2025
(adjective) capable of being extinguished or killed; “an extinguishable fire”; “hope too is extinguishable”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
