Interminableness to Interpellation
Interminableness
(In*ter"mi*na*ble*ness), n. The state of being endless.
Interminably
(In*ter"mi*na*bly), adv. Without end or limit.
Interminate
(In*ter"mi*nate), a. [L. interminatus; in- not + terminatus, p. p. of terminate.] Endless; as,
interminate sleep. Chapman.
Interminate
(In*ter"mi*nate) v. t. [L. interminatus, p. p. of interminari; inter between + minari to threaten.]
To menace; to threaten. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Interminated
(In*ter"mi*na`ted) a. Interminable; interminate; endless; unending. [Obs.] Akenside.
Intermination
(In*ter`mi*na"tion) n. [L. interminatio.] A menace or threat. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
Intermine
(In`ter*mine") v. t. To intersect or penetrate with mines. [Obs.] Drayton.
Intermingle
(In`ter*min"gle) v. t. To mingle or mix together; to intermix. Hooker.
Intermingle
(In`ter*min"gle), v. i. To be mixed or incorporated.
Party and faction will intermingle.
Swift. Intermise
(In"ter*mise) n. [Cf. F. entremise. See Intermission.] Interference; interposition. [Obs.]
Bacon.
Intermission
(In`ter*mis"sion) n. [L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See Intermit.]
1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. B.
Jonson.
2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without
intermission; an intermission of ten minutes.
Rest or intermission none I find.
Milton. 3. (Med.) The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms
of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of
fever.
4. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] Heylin.
Syn. — Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See Cessation.
Intermissive
(In`ter*mis"sive) a. Having temporary cessations; not continual; intermittent. "Intermissive
miseries." Shak. "Intermissive wars." Howell.
Intermit
(In`ter*mit") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intermitted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Intermitting.] [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. Intermit
(In`ter*mit"), v. i. To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever.
Pope.
Intermittence
(In`ter*mit"tence) n. [Cf. F. intermittence.] Act or state of intermitting; intermission. Tyndall.
