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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intermit \In`ter*mit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intermitted}; p.
pr & vb n. {Intermitting}.] [L. intermittere inter between
+ mittere missum, to send: cf OE entremeten to busy (one's
self) with F. s'entremettre. See {Missile}.]
To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt;
to suspend.
Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. --Shak.
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