Enjoin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To direct or impose with authority and emphasis.
  • v. To prohibit or forbid. See Synonyms at forbid.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • v. To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • v. To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
  • v. To join or unite.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To join; unite.
  • To lay upon, as an order or command; put an injunction upon; order or direct with urgency; admonish or instruct with authority; command.
  • In law, to prohibit or restrain by a judicial order called an injunction: used absolutely of a thing, or with from of a person: as, the court enjoined the prosecution of the work; the defendant was enjoined from proceeding.
  • To lay as an injunction; enforce by way of order or command: as, I enjoin it on you not to disappoint me; he enjoined upon them the strictest obedience.
  • Synonyms Enjoin, Direct, Command; to bid, require, urge, impress upon. Johnson says enjoin is more authoritative than direct and less imperious than command. It 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
  • v. issue an injunction
  • Verb Form
    enjoined    enjoining    enjoins   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disallow    nix    veto    proscribe    forbid    prohibit    interdict   
    Form
    enjoined    enjoining   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    order    charge    dictate    forbid    bide   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Boyne    Burgoyne    adjoin    coin    conjoin    goin    groin    join    loin    purloin