To curb or restrain.
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in·hib·it in-'hib-ət vt
1 a) to restrain from free or spontaneous activity esp. through the operation of inner psychological or external social constraints <an \inhibited person>
b) to check or restrain the force or vitality of <\inhibit aggressive tendencies>
2 a) to reduce or suppress the activity of <a presynaptic neuron can not only excite a postsynaptic neuron but can also \inhibit it (H. W. Kendler)>
b) to retard or prevent the formation of
c) to retard, interfere with, or prevent (a process or reaction) <\inhibit ovulation>
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in·hib·it (in-hibґit) [L. inhibēre] to retard, arrest, or restrain.Medical dictionary. 2011.