Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhibited}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Inhibiting}.] [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.

Source : WordNet®

inhibit
     v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent
          uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's
          desires" [syn: {suppress}, {stamp down}, {subdue}, {conquer},
           {curb}]
     2: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was
        inhibited by strict social customs"