Syn. -- Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest;
suspension. See Cessation.
In`ter*mis"sive (?), a. Having temporary cessations; not continual;
intermittent. "Intermissive miseries." Shak. "Intermissive wars."
Howell.
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.
In`ter*mit", v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to
be intermittent, as a fever. Pope.
In`ter*mit"tence (?), n. [Cf. F. intermittence.] Act or state of
intermitting; intermission. Tyndall.
In`ter*mit"tent (?), a. [L. intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of
intermittere: cf. F. intermittent.] Coming and going at intervals;
alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever. Boyle.
Intermittent fever (Med.), a disease with fever which recurs at certain
intervals; -- applied particularly to fever and ague. See Fever. --
Intermittent gearing (Mach.), gearing which receives, or produces,
intermittent motion. -- Intermittent springs, springs which flow at
intervals, not apparently dependent upon rain or drought. They probably
owe their intermittent action to their being connected with natural
reservoirs in hills or mountains by passages having the form of a
siphon, the water beginning to flow when it has accumulated so as to
fill the upper part of the siphon, and ceasing when, by running through
it, it has fallen below the orifice of the upper part of the siphon in
the reservoir.
In`ter*mit"tent, n. (Med.) An intermittent fever or disease. Dunglison.
In`ter*mit"tent*ly, adv. With intermissions; in an intermittent manner;
intermittingly.
In`ter*mit"ting*ly (?), adv. With intermissions; at intervals. W.
Montagu.
In`ter*mix" (?), v. t. To mix together; to intermingle.
In yonder spring of roses, intermixed With myrtle, find what to
redress till noon.
Milton.
In`ter*mix", v. i. To be mixed together; to be intermingled.
In`ter*mix"ed*ly (?), adv. In a mixed manner.
In`ter*mix"ture (?; 135), n. 1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of
ingredients mixed. Boyle.