in|ter|dict

in|ter|dict
in|ter|dict «verb. IHN tuhr DIHKT; noun. IHN tuhr dihkt», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to prohibit or forbid.
2. to restrain from the doing or use of something: »

They are difficult to disseminate and control, but properly used could deny or interdict areas (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).

3. to hinder or check (the enemy) by gunfire or bombardment.
4. to cut off from certain privileges in the Roman Catholic Church.
–n.
1. a prohibition based on authority; formal order forbidding something: »

At last the interdict will be raised, and people can go about their ordinary business (Time).

2. a) the act of cutting off from certain privileges in the Roman Catholic Church. b) the authoritative sentence ordering this.
3. Law. a decree; order.
4. a provisional order in Roman law of the praetor in property disputes, usually prohibiting something.
╂[< Latin interdictum, neuter past participle of interdīcere prohibit < inter- between + dīcere speak]
–in´ter|dic´tion, noun.
–in´ter|dic´tor, noun.

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