Intermit
Intermit , transitive verb
[Latin intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: compare Old English entremeten to busy (one's self) with, French 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.
Intermit , intransitive verb
To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. — Pope