inhibit.
To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
Meaning & usage
To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
inhibit someone's freedom
inhibit someone's education
To recuse.
Where this word comes from
From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“to hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).
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