All 3 Uses
inhibit
in
Invisible Man, by Ellison
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- Somehow I felt that Bledsoe and Norton were behind it, and all day I was inhibited in both speech and conduct, for fear that I might say or do something scandalous.
Chpt 8 *inhibited = limited
- But to hear around them is too much; it inhibits action.†
Chpt Prol.
- I didn't like it, for when he was upstairs they had absolutely no inhibitions.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(inhibit as in: inhibited the growth of...) to limit the activity of someone or something
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(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)