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
30 June 2025
(adjective) affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; “bodily needs”; “a corporal defect”; “corporeal suffering”; “a somatic symptom or somatic illness”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
