The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mittent
Mittent \Mit"tent\, a. [L. mittens, p. pr. of mittere to send.]
Sending forth; emitting. [Obs.]
--Wiseman.
Wiktionary
mittent
a. (context obsolete English) Sending forth; emitting.
Usage examples of "mittent".
Small gardens formed square or irregular patches of more intense green in the midst of inter mittent blobs of ground cover.
The Ley flow then had been weakened and inter mittent, but unchanged and pure.
He directed his discharges into the ground between himself and the massed Survivors, making puddles of fire to spoil their aim and sending inter mittent streamers of flame over them to force their heads down.