Inhibitive is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for INHIBITIVE in dictionary:

VERB:
• prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something
• (of a substance) slow down or prevent (a process, reaction, or function) or reduce the activity of (an enzyme or other agent).
• hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)
• make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way
• (in ecclesiastical law) forbid (a member of the clergy) to exercise clerical functions.
ADJECTIVE:
• tending to inhibit, also INHIBITORY
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to prohibit from doing something

Words related to INHIBITIVE

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How to use INHIBITIVE in a sentence

• The higher centres, for example, seem to exert a constant inhibitive influence on the excitability of those below.
• The interesting thing to note is the extreme delicacy of the inhibitive machinery.
• The mere presence of that marginal intention, without effort, urgency, or emphasis, or any special reinforcement from my attention, suffices to the inhibitive effect.
• A familiar example of the paralyzing power of scruples is the inhibitive effect of conscientiousness upon conversation.

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