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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Enjoin \En*join"\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Enjoin \En*join"\, verb (used with an object) To join or unite. [Obs.] --Hooker.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verb
1: issue an injunction
2: give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "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}, {enjoin}, {say}]
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