Definition of 'enjoin'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense enjoins
, present participle enjoining
, past tense, past participle enjoined
1. verb
If you enjoin someone to do something, you order them to do it. If you enjoin an action or attitude, you order people to do it or have it.
[formal]
2. verb
If a judge enjoins someone from doing something, they order them not to do it. If a judge enjoins an action, they order people not to do it.
[US, formal]
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enjoin in British English
verb (transitive)
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Derived forms
enjoiner (enˈjoiner) noun
enjoinment (enˈjoinment)
noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere to fasten to, from in-2 + jungere to joinWord Frequency
enjoin in American English
verb transitive
2.
the company was enjoined from using false advertising
3.
to order (someone) authoritatively to do something, esp. by legal injunction
SIMILAR WORDS: comˈmand, forˈbid
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Word origin
ME enjoinen < OFr enjoindre < L injungere, to join into, put upon < in-, in + jungere, joinWord Frequency
enjoin in American English
(enˈdʒɔin)
transitive verb
SYNONYMS 2. charge, bid, command, require. 3. proscribe, interdict, ban.Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019
by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Derived forms
enjoiner noun
enjoinment
noun
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