Inhibiting

3 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}.]
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     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]:

  inhibiting \inhibiting\ adj.
     discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment;
     as, an overly strict or inhibiting discipline.
  
     Syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhibiting":
     choking, constraining, constrictive, contrary, counterproductive,
     crosswise, hindering, hindersome, in the way, inhibitive,
     interrupting, interruptive, obstructing, obstructive, obstruent,
     occlusive, repressive, restraining, restrictive, stifling,
     strangling, stultifying, suppressive, troublesome