Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enjoin"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t.
To join or unite. [Obs.] --Hooker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Enjoin \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

enjoin
v 1: issue an injunction
2: 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"
[syn: {order}, {tell}, {say}]


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