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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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