v. t.
Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. intermittence. ] Act or state of intermitting; intermission. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. intermittens, -entis, p. pr. of intermittere: cf. F. intermittent. ] Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic;
Intermittent fever (Med.),
Intermittent gearing (Mach.),
Intermittent springs,
n. (Med.) An intermittent fever or disease. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With intermissions; at intervals. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]