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intermitted

intermitted is the simple past and past participle of intermit.

Meaning of intermit

Verb

intermit (third-person singular simple present intermits, present participle intermitting, simple past and past participle intermitted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
    • Pray to the gods to intermit the plague.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Words formed from intermitted

Questions about intermitted

What is intermitted the simple past and past participle of?
Intermitted is the simple past and past participle of intermit.

Words near intermitted in the dictionary

  1. intermissive
  2. intermit
  3. intermitochondrial
  4. intermitotic
  5. intermits
  6. intermitted
  7. intermittedly
  8. intermitten
  9. intermittence
  10. intermittences
  11. intermittencies

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