enjoin

[ en-join ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis: The doctor enjoined a strict diet.

  2. to direct or order to do something: He was enjoined to live more frugally.

  1. Law. to prohibit or restrain by an injunction.

Origin of enjoin

1
1175–1225; Middle English enjoi(g)nen<Old French enjoindre<Latin injungere to fasten to, bring upon. See in-2, join

Other words for enjoin

Other words from enjoin

  • en·join·er, noun
  • en·join·ment, noun
  • re·en·join, verb (used with object)
  • un·en·joined, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for enjoin

enjoin

/ (ɪnˈdʒɔɪn) /


verb(tr)
  1. to order (someone) to do (something); urge strongly; command

  2. to impose or prescribe (a condition, mode of behaviour, etc)

  1. law to require (a person) to do or refrain from doing (some act), esp by issuing an injunction

Origin of enjoin

1
C13: from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere to fasten to, from in- ² + jungere to join

Derived forms of enjoin

  • enjoiner, noun
  • enjoinment, noun

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