Intermit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intermitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intermitting.]
Etymology: [L. intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F. s'entremettre. See Missile.]
To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.
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Intermit, v. i.
To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. Pope.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for intermit; he lists it under cease.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.