INTERRUPTED

fitful, interrupted, off-and-on

(adjective) intermittently stopping and starting; “fitful (or interrupted) sleep”; “off-and-on static”

interrupted

(adjective) discontinued temporarily; “we resumed the interrupted discussion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

interrupted

simple past tense and past participle of interrupt

Source: Wiktionary

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In`ter*rupt"ed, a.

1. Broken; intermitted; suddenly stopped.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Irregular; -- said of any arrangement whose symmetry is destroyed by local causes, as when leaflets are interposed among the leaves in a pinnate leaf.

INTERRUPT

In`ter*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interrupting.] Etym: [L. interruptus, p. p. of interrumpere to interrupt; inter between + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]

1. To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking. Do not interrupt me in my course. Shak.

2. To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

In`ter*rupt", p. a. Etym: [L. interruptus, p. p.]

Definition: Broken; interrupted. [Obs.] Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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