inhibit

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

• Rhymes: -ɪbɪt

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
2. (Philippines) to recuse

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

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

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.iˈbit/
• Rhymes: -it

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

1. past participle of inhibir