Intermit

in-tėr-mit′, v.t. to cause to cease for a time: to interrupt.— n. Inter mi ′ion , act of intermitting: interval: pause.— adj. Inter mi ′ive , coming at intervals.— ns. Intermit′tence , Intermit′tency , state of being intermittent.— adj. Intermit′tent , intermitting or ceasing at intervals, as a fever.— adv. Intermit′tingly .— Intermittent , or Intermitting , spring , a spring flowing for a time and then ceasing, beginning again, . [L. inter mittĕre , -mi um — inter , between, mittĕre , to cause to go.]