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enjoin Definition

en·join (en jo̵in′, in-)

transitive verb

  1. to urge or impose with authority; order; enforce to enjoin silence on a class
  2. to prohibit, esp. by legal injunction; forbid the company was enjoined from using false advertising
  3. to order (someone) authoritatively to do something, esp. by legal injunction

Etymology: ME enjoinen < OFr enjoindre < L injungere, to join into, put upon < in-, in + jungere, join

enjoin Synonyms

enjoin

v.

order, charge, urge, prohibit; see advise 1, command 1, forbid. See syn. study at command, forbid.

enjoin Law Definition

v

To order or compel to stop or prohibit commencement of an activity; of a judge: to grant a court order directing a party to cease a particular activity.

enjoin Usage Examples

Object

  • silence: His gesture enjoins silence on initiates of the mysteries.
  • duty: It enjoins the duty of caring, the greatest crime being cooperation in the destruction of life by murder, suicide and abortion.
  • right: Its interpretation is still being shaped by the courts, but Article 8 enjoins the right to respect for private and family life.
  • government: Then on Ghana, the constitution of Ghana enjoins government to pursue a policy of free and compulsory education for all children.
  • man: This was appropriate as Baphomet, like Pan, enjoined men to lust and enjoy all things of the senses.
  • people: Posters enjoin people to report on any suspicious activity.

Preposition: on

believer: Fasting is enjoined on all believers between the ages of 15 and 70.

Infinitive complement

  • do: As tho the novel were some Nietzschean Pilgrim's Progress, Maskull seems enjoined to do what he must to save his own soul.
  • go: Ordered, That Dr. Walker be enjoined to go to the Lord Admiral to Sea.
  • give: We were not enjoined to give food to half the hungry and water to two thirds of the thirsty.
  • refrain: Although Masons are enjoined to refrain from topics of religious discussion, that does not preclude religious contemplation.
  • keep: Every seventh day was the Lord's day; people were enjoined to keep it holy and refrain from work.
  • maintain: Pending entry into force, all were enjoined to maintain the current moratoria on nuclear testing.

Present participle complement

fast: The church enjoins fasting: I ' ll starve myself to death.

Modifying Another Word

  • strictly: They do not molest the Turks; for they are strictly enjoined never to attack the Turks save in self-defense.
  • also: Freemasons are also enjoined to strive for truth in their own lives.
  • not: Second, they are ethically enjoined not to touch their clients at all.
  • specifically: It was not to be expected that they would voluntarily do so, but surely it ought to have been specifically enjoined.
  • now: Hope and deliverance were out of the question; political discretion enjoined even now an unconditional submission.
  • repeatedly: That is why Islam repeatedly enjoins us to tread the path of patience.