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)

(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.

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