Definitions for inhibit

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IPA: /ɪnˈhɪb ɪt/

Inhibit is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in inhibit (bhiiint).

Definitions for inhibit

verb (used with object)

1. to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
2. to prohibit; forbid.
3. Psychology. to consciously or unconsciously suppress or restrain (psychologically or sociologically unacceptable behavior).
4. Chemistry. to decrease the rate of action of or stop (a chemical reaction).

Origin of inhibit

1425-75; late Middle English inhibiten Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibēre to restrain, equivalent to in- in-² + -hibēre, combining form of habēre t

Examples for inhibit

IUDs, also named in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga suits, almost certainly can inhibit implantation.

The wine would cleanse and at least inhibit bacterial growth.

If the technology works well, secrecy can inhibit its deployment.

The finest—and no acute case of puritanism to inhibit his enjoyment.

“Oil is antimicrobial and gets into the tissues of the mouth to inhibit bacterial growth,” says Caldecott.

Studies have repeatedly shown that Plan B ok “does not inhibit implantation.”

Since the FDA approved Plan B in 1999, repeated studies have shown the drug does not inhibit implantation.

Such excretions often serve to inhibit further multiplication.

To close the path means to inhibit the idea which demands such action.

It shares, we said, with attention, the power to reënforce and to inhibit.