Thesaurus: inhibit

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1. v. t. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
2. v. t. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
3. v. prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something
4. v. limit, block, or decrease the action or function of
5. v. consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
6. v. make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally
7. 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.
8. v:100 v. limit the range or extent of v. limit, block, or decrease the action or function of v. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior