Inhibit
Inhibit , transitive verb
[Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]
1.
To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.
Their motions also are excited or inhibited... by the objects without them.
2.
To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.
All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.
Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.
3.
(Chemistry, Biochemistry) 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.
4.
To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations.