Inhibit

<h2>English</h2>

<h3>Etymology</h3>

<p>From Latin <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inhibitus#Latin" title="inhibitus">inhibitus</a>, perfect passive participle of <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inhibeo#Latin" title="inhibeo">inhibeō</a> (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in#Latin" title="in">in</a> (“in, at, on”), + <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/habeo#Latin" title="habeo">habeō</a> (“I have, hold, keep”).</p>

<h3>Pronunciation</h3>

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<li>Rhymes: <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:English:-%C9%AAb%C9%AAt" title="Rhymes:English:-ɪbɪt">-ɪbɪt</a></li>

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<p><b class="Latn" xml:lang="en" lang="en">inhibit</b> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inhibits#English" title="inhibits">inhibits</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inhibiting#English" title="inhibiting">inhibiting</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inhibited#English" title="inhibited">inhibited</a></b>)</p>

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<li>to <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hinder" title="hinder">hinder</a>; to <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/restrain" title="restrain">restrain</a></li>

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