intermitv.¹

/ɪntəˈmɪt/

Etymology: < Latin intermittĕre to leave off (transitive and intransitive), < inter between + mittĕre to send, let go, put.

a. transitive. To leave off, give over, discontinue (an action, practice, etc.) for a time; to suspend.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)]

pretermit1539

intermit1576

suspend1608

to flinch (back) one's hand1674

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 327 (margin) Occasions of intermitting the writing of letters.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iii. 53 If nature should intermit her course, and leaue altogether..for a while, the obseruation of her own lawes.

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. xlv. 9 Intermitte ye iniquitie and robberies, and doe judgement and justice.

1685 R. Boyle Short Mem. Hist. Mineral Waters vi. 106 To intermit it sometimes for a year or two,..and then to return to the use of it.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxx. 171 The king had seemed willing, during some time, to intermit the blows which overwhelmed him.

1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon 464 When seriously urged to intermit his application, and allow himself a holiday.

†b. To interrupt, cause intermission to (a person or action, or the course of anything). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease temporarily

suspendc1290

pausea1542

intermit1557

to give (a) pause1566

intercidea1641

interpolatea1676

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)]

discontinuea1398

breakc1400

interrupta1420

intermit1557

takea1586

interpellate1599

interfalk1621

snapa1790

fault1837

1557 [implied in: Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Bb.i^v Yet once againe my muse I pardon pray, Thine intermitted song if I repete. (at intermitted adj.)].

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 223 Casual discourse..which intermits Our dayes work.

1684 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 9) III. 614/1 I had thought to have treated this matter at large, but even now I am intermitted and otherwise letted.

1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. iii. xviii. 404 The Consular State..was afterwards retrenched by the Tribunes of the People; then intermitted by the Decemviri, and Military Tribunes.

†c. To omit, leave out, pass over, let slip. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over

forgetc950

overhipc1300

overgoa1382

overpassa1382

passa1382

to step over ——1387

to pass overc1390

overslipa1400

overskipc1400

overslide1488

overstartc1500

neglect1511

skip1531

to pass by1560

intermit1570

leap1600

overjump1604

jump1749

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] > omit or leave out

letc900

overleapOE

forletc1200

beleavec1275

overpassa1382

to cut outc1400

overskipc1400

omisec1425

omit1439

to leave outc1450

obmise1490

neglect1511

skip1531

obmit?1541

enterlesse1548

intermit1570

prevade1641

waive1651

suppress1826

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 106/2 As touching the lyne and order of the Romayne byshops hetherto intermitted.

a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea iv. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 412 They that intermit advantages, Must know occasions head is bald behind.

1671 T. Hobbes 3 Papers against Dr. Wallis i. 1 Square numbers (beginning at 1) intermit first two numbers, then four, then six, &c.

1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 676 Orders are sent to the docks to work night and day without intermitting Sunday or holydayes.

a. intransitive. To cease or stop for a time (†const. from, or infinitive); to be intermittent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)]

restOE

pause1440

breathe1485

interpausea1535

respett1561

to take pausement1599

intermita1604

to turn down a (also the, this, etc.) leaf1633

interspire1647

suspend1650

stop1711

to hang up1845

a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 67 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) To intermit a while from speaking of these learned men.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings xv. 21 He intermitted to build Rama.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 347 He doth not intermit to furnish me continually with his good Spirit.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. ix. 87 The winds every now and then intermitted.

1773 S. Johnson Let. 5 July (1992) II. 41 Let me know the exact time when your Courts intermit.

1871 J. R. Nichols Fireside Sci. 11 A spring which intermits as often as every three minutes.

b. spec. in Pathology of a fever (pain, etc.) or of the pulse.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > have fever [verb (intransitive)] > of fever: be intermittent

intermit1659

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > of pulse or circulation: be disordered [verb (intransitive)] > of pulse: beat rapidly or intermittently

flutter1714

intermit1796

1659 [implied in: J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 352 Great distempers, as..Raving, Fainting, an intermitting pulse. (at intermitting adj. a)].

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xi. sig. P7^v Physitians are wont..to tell us, That Feavers which intermit are devoid of Danger.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. viii. 186 The last Application..had brought the Fever to intermit .

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 9 Because the pulse seems to intermit, we must not presume that it will cease instantly to beat.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xiii. 340 A man who by continually watching his own pulse, at last caused one beat out of every six to intermit.

1878 E. J. Trelawny Rec. Shelley, Byron (1887) 205 His sadness intermitted, and his cold fits alternated with hot ones.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 432 There are instances of the tumour intermitting, that is being prominent at one time and not distinguishable at another.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

† intermitv.²

Etymology: A re-fashioning of entermete v., after Latin intermittĕre: see intermit v.¹

Obsolete.

a. reflexive. To concern or occupy oneself, etc.; = entermete v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or busy oneself [verb (reflexive)] > concern or involve oneself

entermete?c1225

intermitc1340

meddlea1375

mella1375

intermeddle1483

intermell1550

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 25 Þei intermettid hem with worldely besynes.

?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xi. 160 It is one speciall meane to acquyre pease, nat to intermytte vs of the wordes & werkes of those that attayne nat to vs.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. l^v Because Bisshoppes..dyd not..intermit them selues with the serche and punyshment of suche..offences.

b. intransitive. = entermete v. 1a(b); = intromit v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > interfere or meddle

entermeenec1449

intermit1456

intromit?a1475

intermeddle1477

intromeddle1524

to put (also have) an oar in every man's boat1542

to put (also stick, shove, etc.) one's oar in1542

to have a hand in the dish1551

pudder1624

mird?c1625

to mell or make with1634

potter1655

dabble1660

meddle1711

interfere1743

to bugger about1937

to bugger around1961

1456 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 74 Sene the said Schir Andro intermittit vith the said landis of Inchmertin.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 The lorde admiralle..shall [not] in any wise intermitte ne meddle with the liberties of the .v. portes.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxiij [He] neuer intermitted wyth the affayres of Flaunders.

2. transitive. To interpose, put between; to introduce, admit; = intromit v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)]

thave835

unneeOE

levec897

forletc900

i-thavec900

i-unneeOE

allowa1393

licensec1400

admit1418

sustainc1425

usea1450

permit1473

permise1481

withganga1500

tolerate1533

intermit?c1550

licentiate1575

'low1587

dispense1646

beholdc1650

warrant1662

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in

inletc1330

to take inc1330

admit1434

adhibit1542

take1555

to let in1558

to let into1596

intromitc1600

intermit1658

let1706

to sign in1934

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 4 Charles saylyng..with a prosperous winde, intermitting no delaye.

1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 86 A long prospective Trunk..through which, the visible radiations..are intermitted, falling upon a paper.

1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads (1677) 295 As when in war a pause we intermit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	intermit
释义	intermitv.¹ /ɪntəˈmɪt/ Etymology: < Latin intermittĕre to leave off (transitive and intransitive), < inter between + mittĕre to send, let go, put. 1. a. transitive. To leave off, give over, discontinue (an action, practice, etc.) for a time; to suspend. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] pretermit1539 intermit1576 suspend1608 to flinch (back) one's hand1674 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 327 (margin) Occasions of intermitting the writing of letters. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iii. 53 If nature should intermit her course, and leaue altogether..for a while, the obseruation of her own lawes. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Ezek. xlv. 9 Intermitte ye iniquitie and robberies, and doe judgement and justice. 1685 R. Boyle Short Mem. Hist. Mineral Waters vi. 106 To intermit it sometimes for a year or two,..and then to return to the use of it. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxx. 171 The king had seemed willing, during some time, to intermit the blows which overwhelmed him. 1875 M. Pattison I. Casaubon 464 When seriously urged to intermit his application, and allow himself a holiday. †b. To interrupt, cause intermission to (a person or action, or the course of anything). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > cease from temporarily [verb (transitive)] > cause to cease temporarily suspendc1290 pausea1542 intermit1557 to give (a) pause1566 intercidea1641 interpolatea1676 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > discontinuity or interrupted condition > break the continuity of or interrupt [verb (transitive)] discontinuea1398 breakc1400 interrupta1420 intermit1557 takea1586 interpellate1599 interfalk1621 snapa1790 fault1837 1557 [implied in: Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. Bb.i^v Yet once againe my muse I pardon pray, Thine intermitted song if I repete. (at intermitted adj.)]. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 223 Casual discourse..which intermits Our dayes work. View more context for this quotation 1684 Foxe's Actes & Monuments (ed. 9) III. 614/1 I had thought to have treated this matter at large, but even now I am intermitted and otherwise letted. 1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. iii. xviii. 404 The Consular State..was afterwards retrenched by the Tribunes of the People; then intermitted by the Decemviri, and Military Tribunes. †c. To omit, leave out, pass over, let slip. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > omit, pass over forgetc950 overhipc1300 overgoa1382 overpassa1382 passa1382 to step over ——1387 to pass overc1390 overslipa1400 overskipc1400 overslide1488 overstartc1500 neglect1511 skip1531 to pass by1560 intermit1570 leap1600 overjump1604 jump1749 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclude [verb (transitive)] > omit or leave out letc900 overleapOE forletc1200 beleavec1275 overpassa1382 to cut outc1400 overskipc1400 omisec1425 omit1439 to leave outc1450 obmise1490 neglect1511 skip1531 obmit?1541 enterlesse1548 intermit1570 prevade1641 waive1651 suppress1826 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 106/2 As touching the lyne and order of the Romayne byshops hetherto intermitted. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea iv. i, in Wks. (1874) VI. 412 They that intermit advantages, Must know occasions head is bald behind. 1671 T. Hobbes 3 Papers against Dr. Wallis i. 1 Square numbers (beginning at 1) intermit first two numbers, then four, then six, &c. 1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 676 Orders are sent to the docks to work night and day without intermitting Sunday or holydayes. 2. a. intransitive. To cease or stop for a time (†const. from, or infinitive); to be intermittent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > temporarily cease activity or operation [verb (intransitive)] restOE pause1440 breathe1485 interpausea1535 respett1561 to take pausement1599 intermita1604 to turn down a (also the, this, etc.) leaf1633 interspire1647 suspend1650 stop1711 to hang up1845 a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 67 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) To intermit a while from speaking of these learned men. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Kings xv. 21 He intermitted to build Rama. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 347 He doth not intermit to furnish me continually with his good Spirit. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. ix. 87 The winds every now and then intermitted. 1773 S. Johnson Let. 5 July (1992) II. 41 Let me know the exact time when your Courts intermit. 1871 J. R. Nichols Fireside Sci. 11 A spring which intermits as often as every three minutes. b. spec. in Pathology of a fever (pain, etc.) or of the pulse. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > have fever [verb (intransitive)] > of fever: be intermittent intermit1659 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > of pulse or circulation: be disordered [verb (intransitive)] > of pulse: beat rapidly or intermittently flutter1714 intermit1796 1659 [implied in: J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 352 Great distempers, as..Raving, Fainting, an intermitting pulse. (at intermitting adj. a)]. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. ii. xi. sig. P7^v Physitians are wont..to tell us, That Feavers which intermit are devoid of Danger. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. viii. 186 The last Application..had brought the Fever to intermit . View more context for this quotation 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 9 Because the pulse seems to intermit, we must not presume that it will cease instantly to beat. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals xiii. 340 A man who by continually watching his own pulse, at last caused one beat out of every six to intermit. 1878 E. J. Trelawny Rec. Shelley, Byron (1887) 205 His sadness intermitted, and his cold fits alternated with hot ones. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 432 There are instances of the tumour intermitting, that is being prominent at one time and not distinguishable at another. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). † intermitv.² Etymology: A re-fashioning of entermete v., after Latin intermittĕre: see intermit v.¹ Obsolete. 1. a. reflexive. To concern or occupy oneself, etc.; = entermete v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or busy oneself [verb (reflexive)] > concern or involve oneself entermete?c1225 intermitc1340 meddlea1375 mella1375 intermeddle1483 intermell1550 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 25 Þei intermettid hem with worldely besynes. ?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) i. xi. 160 It is one speciall meane to acquyre pease, nat to intermytte vs of the wordes & werkes of those that attayne nat to vs. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. l^v Because Bisshoppes..dyd not..intermit them selues with the serche and punyshment of suche..offences. b. intransitive. = entermete v. 1a(b); = intromit v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > interfere or meddle entermeenec1449 intermit1456 intromit?a1475 intermeddle1477 intromeddle1524 to put (also have) an oar in every man's boat1542 to put (also stick, shove, etc.) one's oar in1542 to have a hand in the dish1551 pudder1624 mird?c1625 to mell or make with1634 potter1655 dabble1660 meddle1711 interfere1743 to bugger about1937 to bugger around1961 1456 in W. Fraser Memorials Family Wemyss (1888) II. 74 Sene the said Schir Andro intermittit vith the said landis of Inchmertin. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 The lorde admiralle..shall [not] in any wise intermitte ne meddle with the liberties of the .v. portes. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxiij [He] neuer intermitted wyth the affayres of Flaunders. 2. transitive. To interpose, put between; to introduce, admit; = intromit v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > permit [verb (transitive)] thave835 unneeOE levec897 forletc900 i-thavec900 i-unneeOE allowa1393 licensec1400 admit1418 sustainc1425 usea1450 permit1473 permise1481 withganga1500 tolerate1533 intermit?c1550 licentiate1575 'low1587 dispense1646 beholdc1650 warrant1662 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > let in inletc1330 to take inc1330 admit1434 adhibit1542 take1555 to let in1558 to let into1596 intromitc1600 intermit1658 let1706 to sign in1934 ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Three Bks. Eng. Hist. (1844) 4 Charles saylyng..with a prosperous winde, intermitting no delaye. 1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 86 A long prospective Trunk..through which, the visible radiations..are intermitted, falling upon a paper. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads (1677) 295 As when in war a pause we intermit. 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