Found 2 items, similar to intermit.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: intermit intermit v : cease an action temporarily; “We pause for station identification”; “let's break for lunch” [syn: pause, break] [also: intermitting, intermitted]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Intermit Intermit \In`ter*mit"\, v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. --Shak. [1913 Webster]