Meaning of ENJOIN
| Pronunciation: | | en'joyn
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | order, say, tell |
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| | See Also: | | call, command, compel, direct, disallow, forbid, instruct, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, request, require, send for, veto, warn | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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