Inhibited

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhibited}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Inhibiting}.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref.
     in- in + habere to have, hold. See {Habit}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
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              Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by
              the objects without them.             --Bentley.
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     2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
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              All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the
              dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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              Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
                                                    --Ayliffe.
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     3. (Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or
        biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as,
        vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit
        bacterial cell wall synthesis.
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     4. To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving
        conscious or unconscious motivations.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  inhibited \inhibited\ adj.
     1. held back or restrained or prevented; as, in certain
        conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can
        reappear; -- of behaviors. Opposite of {uninhibited}.
        [Narrower terms: {pent-up, repressed ; {stifled,
        strangled, suppressed ] Also See: {reserved},
        {restrained}.
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     2. Having a hesitancy or reluctance to exhibit normal
        emotional reactions; -- of people; as, he was too
        inhibited to make friends easily.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inhibited
       adj : held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions
             previously inhibited conditioned reactions can
             reappear" [ant: {uninhibited}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhibited":
     abashed, arrested, bridled, cold, constrained, controlled, curbed,
     embarrassed, guarded, in check, in leading strings, in remission,
     on leash, passionless, pent-up, repressed, reserved, restrained,
     retarded, reticent, self-conscious, shy, slowed down,
     under control, under discipline, under restraint, undersexed,
     unresponsive, uptight