inhibit
To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
Example
“inhibit someone's freedom”
Related words
- autoinhibit
- baroinhibit
- coinhibit
- immunoinhibit
- inhibin
- inhibitability
- inhibitable
- inhibitant
- inhibiter
- inhibitive
- photoinhibit
- transinhibit
Word history
From Latin "inhibitus".
Where this comes from
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