About The Word Inhibit

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Inhibit

Inhibit Meaning & Definition
Inhibit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inhibit?

[v] to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
[v] limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inhibit: conquer | curb | stamp down | subdue | suppress

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inhibit: arrest | avert | ban | bar | bit | bottle up | box up | bridle | cage | check | cloister | confine | constrain | contain | control | cool | cool off | coop | coop in | coop up | cork up | countercheck | crib | curb | curtail | dam up | damp | dampen | debar | decelerate | delay | deny | detain | disallow | discourage | dompt | embargo | encage | enclose | enjoin | exclude | exclude from | fence in | forbid | frustrate | govern | guard | hem in | hinder | hold | hold at bay | hold back | hold down | hold fast | hold in | hold in check | hold in custody | hold in leash | hold in restraint | hold up | immure | impede | impound | intercept | interdict | interfere | interfere with | intermeddle | interrupt | intervene | keep | keep back | keep from | keep in | keep in check | keep in custody | keep in detention | keep under | keep under control | lay under restraint | lock in | maintain | meddle | mew | mew up | obstruct | oppose | outlaw | pen | pen up | pound | preclude | preserve | prevent | prohibit | proscribe | pull | pull in | rail in | refuse | rein | rein in | reject | repress | resist | restrain | restrict | retain | retard | retrench | rule out | save | save up | say no to | scotch | seal up | set back | shackle | shut in | shut out | shut up | slacken | slow down | smother | snub | stifle | stop | straiten | sublimate | suppress | taboo | wall in | ward | withhold

See Also | blink | blink away | bound | burke | check | choke back | choke down | choke off | confine | contain | control | dampen | hold | hold in | hush | hush up | limit | moderate | muffle | quell | quench | quieten | repress | restrain | restrict | shut up | silence | smother | squelch | stifle | still | strangle | throttle | trammel | wink

Inhibit In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.] 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.

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