Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word INTERMIT
INTERMIT
Definitions of INTERMIT
- (transitive, nowrare) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using INTERMIT in a Sentence
- I, knowing the feebleness of my virtue, at first felt much afraid I should not be competent to the office; but on reflecting that the sages, my ancestors, have left to posterity their plans; that his late majesty has laid the duty on me -— and heaven's throne should not be long vacant -— I have done violence to my feelings, and forced myself to intermit awhile my heartfelt grief, that I may with reverence obey the unalterable decree and on the 27th of the 8th moon (October 3rd), I purpose devoutly to announce the event to heaven, to earth, to my ancestors, and to the gods of the land and of the grain, and shall then sit down on the imperial throne.
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