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   in·ter·dict

   noun

   • 1. an authoritative prohibition: "an interdict against marriage of those of close kin"
   • ▪ (in the Roman Catholic Church) a sentence barring a person, or especially a place, from ecclesiastical functions and privileges: "a papal interdict"

   verb

   • 1. prohibit or forbid (something): "society will never interdict sex" Similar prohibitforbidbanbarvetoproscribemake illegalplace an embargo onembargodisallowdebaroutlawstopput a stop toput an end toblocksuppressenjoinestoprestrainOpposite permit
   • ▪ prohibit someone from (doing something): "I have not been interdicted from consuming or holding alcoholic beverages"
   • 2. intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person): "the police established roadblocks throughout the country for interdicting drugs" Similar interceptstophead offcut offobstructimpedeinterruptblockcheckdetain
   • ▪ impede (an enemy force), especially by aerial bombing of lines of communication or supply.

   Word Origin Middle Englishentredite (in the ecclesiastical sense), from Old French entredit, from Latin interdictum, past participle of interdicere ‘interpose, forbid by decree’, from inter- ‘between’ + dicere ‘say’. The spelling change in the 16th century was due to association with the Latin form.

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