interdict
Meaning of interdict
noun
an authoritative prohibition.
verb- prohibit or forbid (something).
society will never interdict sex
- intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person).
army efforts to interdict enemy supply shipments
Middle English entredite (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.
Information about interdict
- The plural form of interdict is: interdicts.
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Hyphenation of interdict
in-ter-dict
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- interdict is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
interdict synonyms
Meaning interdiction:
Meaning forbid:
forbid, prohibit, proscribe, veto, disallow
Meaning the action of forbidding something, especially by law:
Meaning an official or legal prohibition:
Meaning a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon:
Meaning the action of forbidding something; banning:
Meaning an official ban on any activity:
Meaning a temporary prohibition of an activity:
Meaning an authoritative warning or order:
Meaning exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something:
Meaning ban or make illegal:
Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:
Meaning make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible:
Meaning forcibly put an end to:
Meaning prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction:
Meaning bar or preclude by estoppel:
Meaning prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits:
Meaning obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination:
Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process):
Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:
Meaning keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention:
interdict antonyms
Meaning the action of officially allowing someone to do a particular thing; consent or authorization:
Meaning officially allow (someone) to do something:
Translation of interdict
- German: verbieten, untersagen
- French: interdire, défendre
- Spanish: prohibir
- Portuguese: proibir
- Italian: proibire, vietare
Words that rhyme with interdict
dict, contradict, extradict, addict, nonaddict, readdict, Benedict, benedict, edict, maledict, predict, repredict, unpredict, veredict, Bendict, endict, indict, reindict, vindict, retrodict, nonverdict, verdict
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