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Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. 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}.]
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1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by
the objects without them. --Bentley.
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2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
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All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the
dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
--Clarendon.
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Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
--Ayliffe.
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3. (Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or
biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as,
vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit
bacterial cell wall synthesis.
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4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving
conscious or unconscious motivations.
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inhibiting \inhibiting\ adj.
discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment;
as, an overly strict or inhibiting discipline.

Syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing.
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