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Webster 1913 Edition

Inhibit

In-hib′it

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inhibited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inhibiting
.]
[L.
inhibitus
, p. p. of
inhibere
; pref.
in-
in +
habere
to have, hold. See
Habit
.]
1.
To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Their motions also are excited or
inhibited
. . . by the objects without them.
Bentley.
2.
To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
All men were
inhibited
, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
Clarendon.
Burial may not be
inhibited
or denied to any one.
Ayliffe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inhibit

INHIB'IT

,
Verb.
T.
[L. inhibeo; in and habeo, to hold, properly to rush or drive.]
1.
To restrain; to hinder; to check or repress.
Their motions also are excited or inhibited--by the objects without them.
2.
To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
All men were inhibited by proclamation at the dissolution so much as to mention a parliament.

Definition 2024

inhibit

inhibit

English

Verb

inhibit ‎(third-person singular simple present inhibits, present participle inhibiting, simple past and past participle inhibited)

  1. to hinder; to restrain

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

inhibit

  1. past participle of inhibir

Etymology

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō ‎(“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in ‎(“in, at, on”), + habeō ‎(“I have, hold, keep”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪbɪt

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