interdicting

Verb

interdict (third-person singular simple present interdicts, present participle interdicting, simple past and past participle interdicted)

1. (transitive) To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict.
   • An archbishop [may not only] excommunicate and interdict his suffragans, but his Vicar-General may also do the same.1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John...
2. (transitive) To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction.
   • Charged not to touch the interdicted tree.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
3. (transitive) To forbid (someone) from doing something.
   • Do not look so alarmed, Madame; every possible precaution has been taken to prevent infection. I have given the strictest orders to interdict any communication between her attendants and those devoted to your service.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XL, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 337
4. (US, transitive) To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc).
   • Grant did not cease his efforts to interdict Lee's supply lines and break through the defenses.1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2004, page 756

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