MEANING
1. To forbid or prohibit something through an authoritative order.
2. An ecclesiastical prohibition, especially one restricting participation in or performance of certain religious rites.
3. To obstruct or prevent an opponent’s movement, communication, or supply through military action.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- interdict an activity
- an interdicted practice
On the page
The council interdicted the gathering after the second disturbance.
An order had interdicted entry, though the doors remained unlocked.
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Word forms
- Base
- interdict
- Past tense
- interdicted
- Past participle
- interdicted
- Present participle
- interdicting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- interdict
- Present continuous
- am/is/are interdicting
- Present perfect
- have/has interdicted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been interdicting
- Past
- interdicted
- Past continuous
- was/were interdicting
- Past perfect
- had interdicted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been interdicting
- Future
- will interdict
- Future continuous
- will be interdicting
- Future perfect
- will have interdicted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been interdicting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: interdict; interdicts; interdicted; interdicted; interdicting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: interdicts.
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