Meaning & use
Intermitted
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Past tense of "intermit"; caused to stop temporarily, or ceased for a period before resuming.
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The fever intermitted for a few hours each morning before returning by nightfall.
Construction on the bridge was intermitted during the winter months due to harsh weather.
A note on using this word
"Intermitted" is the somewhat archaic and formal ancestor of the more familiar adjective "intermittent."
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