Definition of intermit

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Intermit (v. i.) To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever..

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Quintan :: Quintan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fifth day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts three days..
Spasmodic :: Spasmodic (a.) Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry..
Discontinue :: Discontinue (v. t.) To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off..
Intermittingly :: Intermittingly (adv.) With intermissions; at intervals.
Cam :: Cam (n.) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it..
Inter- :: Inter- () A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit..
Incessancy :: Incessancy (n.) The quality of being incessant; unintermitted continuance; unceasingness.
Tetany :: Tetany (n.) A morbid condition resembling tetanus, but distinguished from it by being less severe and having intermittent spasms..
Twitter :: Twitter (v. i.) To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises..
Heat :: Heat (n.) A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three..
Intermission :: Intermission (n.) The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance.
Intermittent :: Intermittent (n.) An intermittent fever or disease.
Antiperiodic :: Antiperiodic (n.) A remedy possessing the property of preventing the return of periodic paroxysms, or exacerbations, of disease, as in intermittent fevers..
Ague :: Ague (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague..
Quartan :: Quartan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days..
Twinkle :: Twinkle (v. i.) To shine with an intermitted or a broken, quavering light; to flash at intervals; to sparkle; to scintillate..
Intermitted :: Intermitted (imp. & p. p.) of Intermi.
Shimmer :: Shimmer (v. i.) To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
Intermittently :: Intermittently (adv.) With intermissions; in an intermittent manner; intermittingly.
Blink :: Blink (v. i.) To shine, esp. with intermittent light; to twinkle; to flicker; to glimmer, as a lamp..
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