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Antonyms for inhibiting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-hib-it
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈhɪb ɪt

Definition of inhibiting

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to forbid, prohibit," back-formation from inhibition or else from Latin inhibitus, past participle of inhibere "to hold in, hold back, keep back" (see inhibition). Psychological sense (1876) is from earlier, softened meaning of "restrain, check, hinder" (1530s). Related: Inhibited; inhibiting.
  • verb restrict, prevent
Example sentences :
  • Suppose the orthodoxies and superstitions succeed in inhibiting me.
  • Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • This cause he seems to find in the inhibiting effects of extreme temperatures upon development.
  • Extract from : « The Organism as a Whole » by Jacques Loeb
  • Those that act directly upon the bacteria in milk, restraining or inhibiting their development.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition » by H. L. Russell
  • The nervous shock had thrown the stomach out of order, inhibiting the secretion of gastric juice.
  • Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove
  • Evolution has taken place through the steady loss of inhibiting factors.
  • Extract from : « A Critique of the Theory of Evolution » by Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • Lewis rose, with some kind of warning and inhibiting gesture to Remnant, who, he was conscious was gaping at him in astonishment.
  • Extract from : « The Terror » by Arthur Machen
  • The Ctenophores were the first forms in which the inhibiting effect of light was noticed.
  • Extract from : « The Nature of Animal Light » by E. Newton Harvey
  • These statistics thus confirm the view of the dominance of the inhibiting factor.
  • Extract from : « Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl » by Charles Benedict Davenport
  • But the present point is that it is equally in accord with the facts to regard heredity as initiating and inhibiting processes.
  • Extract from : « Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl » by Charles Benedict Davenport
  • It was that which had held me silent in my chair, inhibiting all will to rise and begin the next needful step.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Susan » by Lee Wilson Dodd

Synonyms for inhibiting

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