Intermit

Word INTERMIT
Character 8
Hyphenation in ter mit
Pronunciations /ɪntəˈmɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Intermit"

What do we mean by intermit?

To suspend an activity; cease. intransitive verb

To suspend (an activity). intransitive verb

To put a temporary stop to; suspend or delay; interrupt: as, to intermit one's efforts.

To omit; pass by or over; neglect.

To cease or break off for a time; come to a temporary stop; stop or pause at intervals: as, a spring that intermits once in three minutes; an intermitting pulse.

Synonyms Subside, etc. See abate.

To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. intransitive verb

To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. transitive verb

To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend. verb

Cease an action temporarily verb

To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Intermit

The word "intermit" in example sentences

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Fevers, not of the intermittent type, which are exacerbated on the third day, are dangerous; but if they intermit in any form, this indicates that they are not dangerous. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In a fever which does not intermit, if a lip, the nose, or an eye be distorted, if the patient lose his sense of sight or of hearing, while now in a weak state, - whatever of these symptoms occurs it is mortal. ❋ Unknown (2007)

My heart, however, labours under a double affliction: For my poor boy is very, very bad — a violent fever — nor can it be brought to intermit. — ❋ Unknown (2006)

If there be anything which he has not practiced, or his practice fails in earnestness, he will not intermit his labor. ❋ Confucius (2004)

While there is anything which he has not reflected on, or anything in what he has reflected on which he does not apprehend, he will not intermit his labor. ❋ Confucius (2004)

While there is anything which he has not discriminated or his discrimination is not clear, he will not intermit his labor. ❋ Confucius (2004)

While there is anything he has not inquired about, or anything in what he has inquired about which he does not know, he will not intermit his labor. ❋ Confucius (2004)

In the prosecution of the voyage, on the 26th, there was so thick a fog, that our navigators could not see a hundred yards before them; notwithstanding which, as the weather was moderate, the captain did not intermit his course. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Besides those whose swings of mood never intermit, there are others with more or less prolonged intervals of normality. ❋ Kay Redfield Jamison (1993)

As the fruit of what they had already done we are told by one of them, _the Barbadian_, that the unfavourable news carried home by the packets after the emancipation had served to raise the price of sugar in England, which object being accomplished, it is hoped that they will intermit the manufacture of such news. ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

Not for such interdiction, however, did the phenomena, once in progress, intermit. ❋ Various (N/A)

In the valley, then, they had paused, and tying him up, proceeded straightway to flog him to their hearts 'content; and they had just resolved to intermit the amusement awhile, in favour of their dinner, when the appearance of his bold deliverers rushing into their camp, converted the scene of brutal merriment into one of retributive vengeance and blood. ❋ Robert M. Bird (N/A)

All dangers which lie deeply seated are recurrent dangers; they intermit, only as the revolving lamps of a lighthouse are periodically eclipsed. ❋ Various (N/A)

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