inhibit
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
to check; to hinder; to hold back; to preventPart of speech:
VerbForms: inhibited; inhibited; inhibiting
Example sentences with this word:
We need a system of assessment that will encourage, not inhibit, the development of the imagination, and the new emphasis on practical skills as of equal importance with scholarship and learning.
High temperatures inhibit enzyme catalysis.
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