intermit

(ĭn'tər-mĭt')
intr. & tr.v., -mit·ted, -mit·ting, -mits.
To suspend or cause to suspend activity temporarily or periodically.

[Latin intermittere : inter-, inter- + mittere, to let go.]

intermitter in'ter·mit'ter n.

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