About The Word Enjoin
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Enjoin
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What's The Definition Of Enjoin?
[v] give instructions to or direct somebody to do something; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
[v] issue an injunction Synonyms | Synonyms for Enjoin: order | say | tell Related Terms | Find terms related to Enjoin: adjure | admonish | advise | appreciate | arrest | ban | bar | bid | boast | bridle | burden with | call on | call the signals | call upon | caution | charge | check | command | commission | constrain | contain | control | cool | cool off | cotton to | counsel | curb | curtail | debar | decelerate | declare | decree | delight in | demand | deny | dictate | direct | disallow | dompt | dote | drink in | eat up | embargo | encourage | enjoy | exact | exclude | exclude from | exhort | expostulate | fancy | fasten upon | fill | forbid | forewarn | freight with | give an order | give the word | go | govern | guard | hinder | hold | hold at bay | hold back | hold fast | hold in | hold in check | hold in leash | hold up | impose | impose on | impose upon | incite | induce | inflict on | inflict upon | inhibit | instruct | interdict | issue a caveat | issue a command | issue a writ | keep | keep back | keep from | keep in | keep in check | keep under control | lay | lay on | lay under restraint | levy | like | love | luxuriate in | maintain | mandate | mind | move | occupy | ordain | order | order about | outlaw | own | persuade | place | possess | preach | preclude | prescribe | prevent | proclaim | prohibit | prompt | promulgate | pronounce | proscribe | pull | pull in | put | put down | put on | put upon | refuse | rein | rein in | reject | relish | remonstrate | repress | restrain | retain | retard | retrench | rule | rule out | saddle with | savor | say no to | say the word | set | set back | shut out | slow down | snub | straiten | subject to | suppress | taboo | take to | task | tax | tell | urge | warn | weight down with | withhold | yoke with See Also | call | command | compel | direct | disallow | forbid | instruct | interdict | prohibit | proscribe | request | require | send for | veto | warn Enjoin In Webster's Dictionary \En*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enjoined}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Enjoining}.] [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into,
charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf.
{Injunction}.]
1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction
to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
High matter thou enjoin'st me. --Milton.
I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
--Shak.
2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or
decree; to put an injunction on.
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from
disturbing the plaintiffs. --Kent.
Note: Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with
authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the
duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of
command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral
law. ``This word is more authoritative than direct, and
less imperious than command.'' --Johnson.
\En*join"\, v. t. To join or unite. [Obs.] --Hooker. |
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