All 11 Uses

inhibit
in
Dune
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Slowly, feeling the compulsions and unable to inhibit them, Paul put his hand into the box.
Book 1 *

inhibit = prevent
Memory of pain inhibited every movement.
Book 1

inhibited = restricted action
But I thought Mentat training had to start during infancy and the subject couldn't be told because it might inhibit the early ….
Book 1

inhibit = limit or prevent
The thought made her want to kneel beside the bed and take her son in her arms, but she was inhibited by Yueh's presence.
Book 1

inhibited = restricted in actions
And they'd have had no inhibitions against marketing it off planet.
Book 1

inhibitions = self-restraint
He cautioned himself that Jamis also was without shield, but the man wasn't trained to its use, had no shield-fighter inhibitions.
Book 2
Jessica, hearing the voices, felt the depth of the experience, realized what terrible inhibitions there must be against shedding tears.
Book 2

inhibitions = inability to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious
It was like a child's game that had lost all inhibition in adult hands.
Book 2 *

inhibition = limitation or restraint
Paul, the smile frozen on his face, feinted with slowness as though inhibited by the drug and at the last instant dodged to meet the downflashing arm on the crysknife's point.
Book 3

inhibited = limited in action
The inhibitions went deep.†
Book 1
It inhibits perspiration.†
Book 1

Definitions:

(1) (inhibit as in: inhibited the growth of...)
to limit the activity of someone or something
(2) (inhibited as in: she is shy and inhibited)
unable to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)