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inhibit

verb
/ɪnˈhɪbɪt/

Etymology

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“to hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

  1. derived from inhibitus

Definitions

  1. To hold in or hold back

    To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

    • inhibit someone's freedom
    • inhibit someone's education

  2. To recuse.

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Derived

autoinhibit, baroinhibit, coinhibit, disinhibit, enzyme-inhibiting medication, immunoinhibit, inhibin, inhibitability, inhibitable, inhibitant, inhibiter, inhibitive, photoinhibit, transinhibit

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inhibit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01inhibit02recuse03refuse04rejected05reject06accept07proper08possessed09controlled10inhibited

A definitional loop anchored at inhibit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at inhibit

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA