transitive verb

1. to prohibit (an action) or prohibit the use of (a thing); forbid with authority
2. to restrain from doing or using something
3. to impede or hinder (the enemy) or isolate (an area, route, etc.) by firepower or bombing
4. R.C.Ch. to exclude (a person, parish, etc.) from certain acts, sacraments, or privileges

Etymology: altered (infl. by L interdictus) < ME entrediten < n. entredit: see interdict below

noun

1. an official prohibition or restraint
2. R.C.Ch. an interdicting of a person, parish, etc.

Etymology: altered (infl. by L) < ME entredit < OFr < L interdictum < pp. of interdicere, to forbid, prohibit, lit., to speak between < inter- (see inter-) + dicere, to speak (see diction)