allow vs interdict

allow

verb
  • To not bar or obstruct. 

  • To render physically possible. 

  • To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. 

  • To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. 

  • To grant license to; to permit; to consent to. 

  • To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. 

  • To take into account by making an allowance. 

  • To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request). 

interdict

verb
  • To forbid (someone) from doing something. 

  • To exclude (someone or somewhere) from participation in church services; to place under a religious interdict. 

  • To impede (an enemy); to interrupt or destroy (enemy communications, supply lines etc). 

  • To forbid (an action or thing) by formal or legal sanction. 

noun
  • An injunction. 

  • A papal decree prohibiting the administration of the sacraments from a political entity under the power of a single person (e.g., a king or an oligarchy with similar powers). Extreme unction/Anointing of the Sick is excepted. 

How often have the words allow and interdict occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )