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Meanings of intermit in English

Portuguese
parar

Cease an action temporarily.

        parar
        Usage of intermit in English
        1
        The Lord vouchsafed at last to intermit the penitential task of suffering.
        The Cathedral
        2
        Though often in feeble health, he seldom allowed physical languor to intermit his work.
        History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State o...
        3
        I may intermit my hopeless roarings, melancholy as those of any caged zoological beast.
        Nancy: A Novel
        4
        The king had seemed willing, during some time, to intermit the blows which overwhelmed him.
        The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part C. / From...
        5
        Y: They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.
        Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
        6
        When the pains become regular and intermit, it is time that the physician is sent for.
        Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics
        7
        Still the discharge could be observed to intermit (1427.
        Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1
        8
        Because the pulse seems to intermit, we must not presume that it will cease instantly to beat.
        Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
        9
        The other is to intermit it wholly for a certain period, and let other subjects have their swing.
        Practical Essays
        10
        So, in dependence on those prophets, they applied themselves earnestly to building, and did not intermit one day.
        Antiquities of the Jews
        11
        Whatever employment the people were engaged in, they did not intermit it during the hot hours of the day.
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        12
        I found him, as usual, bent over his work, which he did not intermit, but merely motioned me to be seated.
        The Child of the Dawn
        13
        The queen quietly went on with her embroidery, and not for a moment did she intermit the regular motion of her needle.
        Marie Antoinette and Her Son
        14
        Never will I intermit my enmity to our invaders; never will I live for any other object than the liberties of our people.
        The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
        15
        Could it be that Hannah's mother was the room-mate of this loathsome creature, whose profanity and obscenity did not intermit for a moment?
        The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana
        16
        Then she got up, and bestirred herself for the men, hoping, no doubt, they would intermit their drumming if she could but conciliate them.
        Jacques Bonneval; Or, The Days of the Dragonnades
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        Translations for intermit
        Intermit through the time