English Explanatory Dictionary

cohibit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To restrain; to inhibit.

Word forms

cohibit cohibits cohibiting cohibited

Etymology

From Latin cohibitus, past participle of cohibere (“to confine”), from co- + habere (“to hold”). Compare inhibit.

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