inhibit
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of inhibit
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(transitive)To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
“inhibit someone's freedom”
“inhibit someone's education”
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verb
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(transitive)To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
“inhibit someone's freedom”
“inhibit someone's education”
- (Philippines)To recuse.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“to hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).
Words you can make from inhibit
18 playable · top: BINIT (7 pts)
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