intermitted

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Judging from the event, we may conclude that the morbid humours had begun to leave his nerves, and to concentrate for a fit—so long intermitted and so much needed—of his hereditary gout.

From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack

The heart-sounds were so weak that the presence or absence of bruit could not be safely predicated; meantime, the pulsations intermitted in a most alarming manner.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

The song was occasionally intermitted to give room to certain self-communings which the pastime suggested.

From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton

He desired to drink, but could not swallow, his pulse intermitted, his tongue swelled, his throat was excoriated, his breath difficult and interrupted.

From Beggars on Horseback by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

It was a nightly ceremony which had not been intermitted since the two came to the Point.

From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend