cohibit

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪbɪt

Verb

cohibit (third-person singular simple present cohibits, present participle cohibiting, simple past and past participle cohibited)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To restrain.
   • 1678, J. S., A Short Compendium of Chirurgery:

     the proper Cure to cohibit so pernicious a Symptom

References

• “cohibit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.