[in.ter.dict] n [ME, alter. of entredit, fr. OF, fr. L interdictum prohibition, fr. neut. of interdictus, pp. of interdicere to interpose, forbid, fr. inter- + dicere to say--more at diction] (15c) 1: a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district
2: a prohibitory decree: prohibition
[2]in.ter.dict vt (15c) 1: to lay under or prohibit by an interdict
2: to forbid in a usu. formal or authoritative manner
3: to destroy, damage, or cut off (as an enemy line of supply) by firepower to stop or hamper an enemy syn see forbid -- in.ter.dic.tion n -- in.ter.dic.tive adj -- in.ter.dic.tor n -- in.ter.dic.to.ry adj