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Enjoin

Enjoin Definition And Meaning
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 \Enjoin"\, 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. \Enjoin"\, v. t. To join or unite. [Obs.] --Hooker.

Enjoin Definition And Meaning

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

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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