inhibit
v.v. to slow down a process or stop someone from acting naturally. You use this when something makes a person feel shy or prevents a reaction from happening.
v. to hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process. Often used in biological or psychological contexts to describe the suppression of a specific impulse or chemical reaction.
Cold weather can inhibit the growth of many garden plants.
The presence of strict supervisors tended to inhibit the workers, making them less likely to share creative ideas.
Research suggests that certain enzymes are designed to inhibit the production of hormones that cause stress, thereby maintaining a chemical balance within the brain during periods of high pressure.
From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“I have, hold, keep”).
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object. In psychological contexts, it is frequently used in the passive voice ('to feel inhibited').
The medicine inhibits from the painThe medicine inhibits the painInhibit is a transitive verb and takes a direct object; it should not be followed by the preposition 'from' like the verb 'prevent'.