interdictive

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adjective

Having the power to prohibit.

“interdictive measures”

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prohibiting
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Meanings

adjectiveinterdictive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving the power to prohibit.

    interdictive measures

    1 more example

    [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, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 159

    Synonyms: prohibiting

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving the power to prohibit.

Similar
prohibiting

Origin

From interdict + -ive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with interdictive

restrictivepredictiveaddictivevindictivefictiveconstrictivemagnetostrictiveconflictiveafflictiveinflictiveretrodictive
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APA

interdictive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdictive

MLA

“interdictive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdictive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interdictive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdictive.

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