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inhibiting |
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]: inhibiting adj : restrictive of action "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline" [syn: {inhibitory}, {repressive}, {repressing}]
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