Inhibit

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.]
	1.	To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. - Bentley.
	2.	To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. - Clarendon. Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. - Ayliffe.
	3.	(Chem., Biochem.) 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.

Verb	1.	inhibit - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" Synonyms: conquer, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb
	2.	inhibit - limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"

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