Middle English Dictionary Entry
inhibiten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | inhibiten v. Forms: p. inhibited & inhibite; ppl. inhibited & inhibite. |
| Etymology | From L inhibitus, ppl. of inhibēre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To forbid (sb.) to do something, forbid (sb. to do sth.); prohibit (sth.), forbid (sth. to be done).
Associated quotations
- (1425) Paston2.21 : He seyde he was inhibytyd and alle hys clerkes be the curt of Rome in this matier.
- (1440) Let.Bekynton in RS 56.1109 : At my yate, come one to me and inhibited me by your auctorytee.
- (c1458) Let.Oxf.in OHS 36345 : Þen he be remyttyd by þe sayd offecers to þe meyre or baillyfs so for hym inhibite.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)164 : In the same tyme were the Jewis inhibite that thei schul no more lende no silver to no Cristen man.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.279 : A spiritte was felewe to Socrates, not that he scholde move hym to eny acte to be inhibite, or reprobable, but that he scholde prohibite hym of thynges whiche scholde not be doen.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.313 : A knyȝhte inhibite [Trev.: forbeed; L inhibuit] his body to be beryede in that place..affermynge that noo man awe to beriede in grownde taken by violence and by rape.