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 In·ter·dict v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interdicting.]
 1. To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.
    Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.   --Milton.
 2. Eccl. To lay under an interdict; to cut off from the enjoyment of religious privileges, as a city, a church, an individual.
    An archbishop may not only excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his vicar general may do the same.   --Ayliffe.