v.tr. (inhibited, inhibiting)
1. hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or progress).
2 (as inhibited adj.) subject to inhibition.
3 a (usu. foll. by from + verbal noun) forbid or prohibit (a person etc.). b (esp. in ecclesiastical law) forbid (an ecclesiastic) to exercise clerical functions.
Derivatives:
inhibitive adj. inhibitor n. inhibitory adj.
Etymology: L inhibere (as IN-(2), habere hold)