enjoin
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
enjoin (third-person singular simple present enjoins, present participle enjoining, simple past and past participle enjoined)
- (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
- King James Bible - Esther 9:31
- To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them [....]
- King James Bible - Esther 9:31
- (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to lay on, as a command
to prohibit or restrain by judicial order
References[edit]
- enjoin in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- “enjoin” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- enjoin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
