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In`ter*den"tal (?), a. 1. Situated between teeth; as, an interdental space, the space between two teeth in a gear wheel.

2. (Phon.) Formed between the upper and lower teeth; as, interdental consonants.

In`ter*den"til (?), n. (Arch.) The space between two dentils. Gwilt.

In`ter*de*pend"ence (?), n. Mutual dependence. "The interdependence of virtue and knowledge." M. Arnold.

In`ter*de*pend"en*cy (?), n. Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests. De Quincey.

In`ter*de*pend"ent (?), a. Mutually dependent.

In`ter*dict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Interdicting.] [OE. entrediten to forbid communion, L. interdicere, interdictum. See Interdict, n.]

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.

In"ter*dict` (?), n. [OE. entredit, enterdit, OF. entredit, F. interdit, fr. L. interdictum, fr. interdicere to interpose, prohibit; inter between + dicere to say. See Diction.]

1. A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.

These are not fruits forbidden; no interdict Defends the touching of these viands pure.

Milton.

2. (R. C. Ch.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church.

3. (Scots Law) An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America.

In`ter*dic"tion (?), n. [L. interdictio: cf. F. interdiction.] The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.

The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction stands accurst.

Shak.

In`ter*dict"ive (?), a. Having the power to prohibit; as, an interdictive sentence. Milton.

In`ter*dict"o*ry (?), a. [L. interdictorius.] Belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory.

In`ter*dig"i*tal (?), a. (Anat.) Between the fingers or toes; as, interdigital space.

In`ter*dig"i*tate (?), v. t. To interweave. [R.]

In`ter*dig"i*tate, v. i. [Pref. inter- + L. digitus finger.] To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle. Owen.

In`ter*dig`i*ta"tion (?), n. (Anat.) The state of interdigitating; interdigital space. Owen.