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v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermit.

"He is enchanted by a 'view of a dark sublime grove;' of the grand fountain he says that the 'ebullition is astonishing and continual, though its greatest force of fury intermits' (note the word 'intermits') 'regularly for the space of thirty seconds of time: the ebullition is perpendicular upward, from a vast rugged orifice through a bed of rock throwing up small particles of white shells.'"

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intermits    intermitted    intermitting   

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intermitting    intermitted   

intermitted    intermitting    intermittency    intermittence    intermittent   

interrupt    suspend    moderate    abate    respite