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cohibition Now rare.|kəʊhɪˈbɪʃən|
[ad. L. cohibitiōn-em, n. of action f. cohibēre: see prec.]
Restraint, restriction; check, stoppage.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 117 These kindes of troubles..are cohibitions of all such earthly delight. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 220 This phantastical cohibition against the freedom of Nature. 1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. xiv. 159 A sudden cohibition of..their Hæmorrhoids. 1882J. B. Stallo Concepts & Th. mod. Physics 117 The cohibition of the bulk of a gas being due solely to pressure.
So † coˈhibitive a., restraining, restrictive; † coˈhibitor, one who restrains.
1548Hall Chron. (1809) 497 Cohibetors and refreiners of the Kynges wilfull skope and unbrideled libertie. 1668Wilkins Real Char. 27 Cohibitive,—restrain, check, curb, with-hold. |