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Antonyms for inhibits

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

Definition of inhibits

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 :
  • What is it which contradicts, inhibits, or negatives the romantic tendency?
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • The advance of science has brought into vogue a description of nature that inhibits such expectations.
  • Extract from : « The Approach to Philosophy » by Ralph Barton Perry
  • The law exacts the registering of the death, and inhibits a clergyman from officiating except within the consecrated boundary.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 130, April 24, 1852 » by Various
  • If the foot is not it must be because there is something in the skin of the foot that inhibits the development of feathers there.
  • Extract from : « Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl » by Charles Benedict Davenport
  • Praise or blame encourages or inhibits; ritual secures the actual doing and at the same time gives a value to the doing.
  • Extract from : « Ethics » by John Dewey and James Hayden Tufts
  • By and large, he manifests crassly that which his better-equipped brother spurns or inhibits.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Types » by V. M. Masten
  • This means that there is a factor that inhibits the development of the narial flap.
  • Extract from : « Inheritance of Characteristics in Domestic Fowl » by Charles Benedict Davenport
  • In Paris an ordonnance of 1288 inhibits the citizens from carrying pointed knives, swords, bucklers, or other similar weapons.
  • Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I » by Henry Charles Lea
  • The ordinary optical iridectomy divides the sphincter iridis and so inhibits the activity of the pupil.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
  • It reinforces, inhibits, redirects habits already working or stirs up others which had not previously actively entered in.
  • Extract from : « Human Nature and Conduct » by John Dewey

Synonyms for inhibits

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