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intermit

/ɪntəˈmɪt/ verb

Latin root: intermittere Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about intermit at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Cease an action temporarily.
    We pause for station identification

Origin

From Latin intermittere, from inter- + mittere.

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