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interdict

n.
US //ˈɪntɝˌdɪkt// in·ter·dict
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From Middle English entrediten, from Old French entredire (“forbid”), from Latin interdīcō (“prohibit, forbid”), from inter- (“between”) + dīcō (“say”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-.

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