enjoin
enjoin definition
en·join (en jo̵in′, in-)
transitive verb
- to urge or impose with authority; order; enforce to enjoin silence on a class
- to prohibit, esp. by legal injunction; forbid the company was enjoined from using false advertising
- 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
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