From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inhibit \In*hib"it\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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. [PJC]
4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
inhibiting \inhibiting\ adjective discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment; as, an overly strict or inhibiting discipline.
Syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing. [WordNet 1.5]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhibiting": choking, constraining, constrictive, contrary, counterproductive, crosswise, hindering, hindersome, in the way, inhibitive, interrupting, interruptive, obstructing, obstructive, obstruent, occlusive, repressive, restraining, restrictive, stifling, strangling, stultifying, suppressive, troublesome
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