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

inhibit (third-person singular simple present inhibits, present participle inhibiting, simple past and past participle inhibited)

  1. (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
    inhibit someone's freedom
    inhibit someone's education
  2. (Philippines) To recuse.

to hold in or hold back; to restrain

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

inhibit (feminine inhibida, masculine plural inhibits, feminine plural inhibides)

  1. past participle of inhibir