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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inhibit v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising", "stamp down on littering" "conquer one's desires" [syn: {suppress}, {stamp down}, {subdue}, {conquer}, {curb}] 2: limit the range or extent of "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
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