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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of intermit.

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Examples

  • _ -- Mr. Erskine contends that "intermitted" is redundant.

    Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) 1824

  • Another was occupied by Highland gentlemen and chiefs of small branches, who were amusing themselves with chess, backgammon, and other games, which they scarce intermitted to gaze with curiosity upon the stranger.

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • Acheron, from which were heard to sound, by sullen and intermitted fits, the penitential psalms which the Greek Church has appointed to be sung at executions.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • He had no sooner intermitted his singular occupation, than the Nubian started from him, and casting a scarf over his arm, intimated by gestures, as firm in purpose as they were respectful in manner, his determination not to permit the Monarch to renew so degrading an employment.

    The Talisman 2008

  • Formerly, even the most profane men intermitted their profanity in the presence of women, but they

    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

  • This intermitted time wil seem to me (as it does to men in sorrow,) to pass slowly, but I wil hasten it as fast as I can by my wishes, and in the mean time the blessing of Saint Peters

    The Compleat Angler 2007

  • On the seventh, had a sweat; the fever intermitted, the pains remained.

    Of The Epidemics 2007

  • Aurelia to enjoy some repose; and so far she succeeded in the attempt, that for one night the toil of travelling was intermitted.

    The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves 2004

  • No Japanese ever intermitted his ceaseless chatter at any hour of the night for a similar reason.

    Unbeaten Tracks in Japan Isabella Lucy 2004

  • But if you have intermitted thirty days, make a sacrifice to God.

    The Discourses of Epictetus 2004

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