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intermitting, ppl. a.|ɪntəˈmɪtɪŋ|
[f. intermit v.1 + -ing2.]
= intermittent; spec. in Path. = intermittent A. a.
1626Art. agst. Dk. Buckhm. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 352 Great distempers, as..Raving, Fainting, an intermitting pulse. 1643Milton Divorce i. vii, Cheerefulnesse..in a thousand outward and intermitting crosses. 1761Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxvii. 316 Cardinal Pole had long been sickly, from an intermitting fever. 1794S. Williams Vermont 29 Such kinds of intermitting springs are to be found in great numbers on the sides of all high mountains. 1899tr. Von Jaksch's Clin. Diagn. i. (ed. 4) 59 Remitting and intermitting attacks, and cases of fever with short periods of apyrexia.
†b. Marked by an intermission (of fever). Obs.
1657J. Cooke tr. Hall's Cures 181 The intermitting day she had the following glyster. |