verb trans
to discourage (somebody) from free or spontaneous activity, esp by psychological or social controls
(+ from) to prohibit (somebody) from doing something
to restrain (e.g. an impulse)
to prevent or lessen (a chemical reaction)
to cause inhibition
inhibited adj
inhibitive /-tiv/ adj
inhibitory adj
[Middle English inhibiten from Latin inhibitus, past part. of inhibēre to hinder, from in-2 + habēre to hold]