inhibitv. t.[L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]()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.()