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Inhibit

//ɪnˈhɪbɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain. transitive

    "inhibit someone's freedom"

  2. 2
    prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something wordnet
  3. 3
    To recuse. Philippines
  4. 4
    make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally wordnet
  5. 5
    consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior wordnet
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  1. 6
    limit, block, or decrease the action or function of wordnet

Etymology

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).

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