interdictive
interdictive adjective: having the power to prohibit.
Adjective
interdictive (not comparable)
- Having the power to prohibit.
- interdictive measures
- [A]gainſt a perſiſting ſtubbornes, or the fear of a reprobate ſenſe, [will be requir'd] a timely ſeparation from the Flock by that interdictive Sentence, leſt his Converſation unprohibited, or unbranded, might breath a peſtilential murrein into the other Sheepe.1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […]...
- Synonyms:
- prohibiting
Synonyms of interdictive
Origin of interdictive
From interdict + -ive.
Words formed from interdictive
Words that rhyme with interdictive
Questions about interdictive
- What does interdictive mean?
- Interdictive means having the power to prohibit.
- What part of speech is interdictive?
- Interdictive is an adjective.
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