enjoin
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
See enjoin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĕn-joinˈ)
transitive verb en·joined,
en·join·ing,
en·joins - To direct or impose with authority and emphasis.
- To prohibit or forbid. See Synonyms at forbid.
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