Part 5857

<hw>In`hi*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inhiatio</ets>, fr. <ets>inhiare</ets> to gape; pref. <ets>in-</ets> + <ets>hiare</ets> to gape.]</ety> <def>A gaping after; eager desire; craving.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Inhibit</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hib"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inhibited</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inhibiting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>inhibitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>inhibere</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>habere</ets> to have, hold. See <er>Habit</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.</def>

<blockquote>Their motions also are excited or <b>inhibited</b> . . . by the objects without them. <i>Bentley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict.</def>

<blockquote>All men were <b>inhibited</b>, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Burial may not be <b>inhibited</b> or denied to any one. <i>Ayliffe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inhibition</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In`hi*bi"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inhibitio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inhibition</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; <as>as, the <ex>inhibition</ex> of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the <ex>inhibition</ex> of reflexes, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal.</def>

<i>Cowell.</i>

<h1>Inhibitor</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hib"i*tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>That which causes inhibitory action; esp., an inhibitory nerve.</def>

<h1>Inhibitory</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hib"i*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>inhibitorius</ets>: cf. F. <ets>inhibitoire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; <as>as, the <ex>inhibitory</ex> action of the pneumogastric on the respiratory center</as>.</def>

<blockquote>I would not have you consider these criticisms as <b>inhibitory</b>. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Inhibitory nerves</col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>those nerves which modify, inhibit, or suppress a motor or secretory act already in progress.</cd></cs>

<h1>Inhibitory-motor</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hib"i*to*ry-mo"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A term applied to certain nerve centers which govern or restrain subsidiary centers, from which motor impressions issue.</def>

<i>McKendrick.</i>

<h1>Inhive</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hive"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To place in a hive; to hive.</def>

<h1>Inhold</h1> <Xpage=764>

<hw>In*hold"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inheld</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inholding</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To have inherent; to contain in itself; to possess.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>