Definition of "intermit" [in•ter•mit]

• To suspend or cause to suspend activity temporarily or periodically. (verb-transitive)

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• "Those, then, who make use of ptisan in such diseases, should never for a day allow their vessels to be empty of it, if I may say so, but should use it and not intermit, unless it be necessary to stop for a time, in order to administer medicine or a clyster."
• "In fevers which do not intermit, if the external parts be cold, and the internal burning hot, and fever prevail, it is a mortal sign."
• "Fevers, not of the intermittent type, if they become exacerbated every third day are dangerous; but if they intermit in any form whatever, this shows that they are not dangerous."