01 v. t. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
imp. & p. p.
Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inhibiting
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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.“Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them.” — Bentley.
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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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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.(Chem., Biochem.)
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To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations.