enjoin

CEFRC2

/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To officially order someone to do or stop doing something.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To prescribe under authority; to ordain.

Examples

  • I now enjoin you to take hands and make your vows.

  • Piper filed a bill to enjoin Brown from infringing two patents.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

  2. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

More examples

In context

  • I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:

  • to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]

  • They [the Noahide laws] also enjoin the establishment of a just system of laws and courts.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.