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Definition of Intermitted
1. intermit [v] - See also: intermit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intermitted
Literary usage of Intermitted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"which had been intermitted, were revived with as much rigour as ever had been before
... intermitted ..."
2. Principles of Social Science by Henry Charles Carey (1858)
"... and all of them consequently intermitted motions—requiring a constant repetition
of the same force that had been required in the first paa- ..."
3. The Works of Flavius Josephus...: With Three Dissertations, Concerning Jesus by Flavius Josephus, William Whiston (1830)
"... affair ness to him, although that kindness had, for some late times, been
intermitted; so he immediately and zealously set upon his journey to him. is? ..."
4. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"... l;e discovered that he had intermitted his observations for the space of three
hours, from which cause he had probably mistaken new spots for the old ..."
5. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... often—His poor-law bill—Tactics of the House—A bad speaker is wearisome —
Author's literary pursuits not intermitted — Copyright act—Lord Byron's sudden ..."
6. History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United by John Bassett Moore (1898)
"... them further.1 The negotiations thus begun, though lor long periods intermitted,
ended in a convention, which was signed January 15,1880, by Mr. Evarts, ..."
7. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"[The sound of the whistle, which it* sometimes intermitted with the finger put
on and taken off at one end, is thus parodied : n«- ..."
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