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View usage for: (ɪndʒɔɪn) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense enjoins, present participle enjoining, past tense, past participle enjoined1. verbIf you enjoin someone to do something, you order them to do it. If you enjoin an action or attitude, you order people to do it or have it. [formal] She enjoined me strictly not to tell anyone else. [VERB noun to-infinitive] He enjoined a moral code of compassion and consideration. [VERB noun] The positive neutrality enjoined on the force has now been overtaken by events. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: order, charge [formal], warn, urge More Synonyms of enjoin 2. verbIf a judge enjoins someone from doing something, they order them not to do it. If a judge enjoins an action, they order people not to do it. [US, formal] The judge enjoined Varityper from using the ad in any way. [VERB noun + from] ...a preliminary injunction enjoining the practice. [VERB noun] More Synonyms of enjoin enjoin in British English (ɪnˈdʒɔɪn) verb (transitive)1. to order (someone) to do (something); urge strongly; command 2. to impose or prescribe (a condition, mode of behaviour, etc) 3. law to require (a person) to do or refrain from doing (some act), esp by issuing an injunction Derived forms enjoiner (enˈjoiner) noun enjoinment (enˈjoinment) noun Word origin C13: from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere to fasten to, from in-2 + jungere to joinenjoin in American English (ɛnˈdʒɔɪn; ɪnˈdʒɔɪn) verb transitive1. 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 SIMILAR WORDS: comˈmand, forˈbid Word origin ME enjoinen < OFr enjoindre < L injungere, to join into, put upon < in-, in + jungere, join Examples of 'enjoin' in a sentenceenjoin Definition to order (someone) to do something She enjoined me strictly not to tell anyone else. Definition to prohibit (someone) from doing something by an injunction the government's attempt to enjoin the publication of the book Synonyms restrain place an injunction on Additional synonymsDefinition to offer advice to I would strongly advise against it. Synonyms recommend, suggest, urge, counsel, advocate, caution, prescribe, commend, admonish, enjoinDefinition to prohibit or forbid officially Last year arms sales were banned. Synonyms prohibit, black, bar, block, restrict, veto, forbid, boycott, suppress, outlaw, banish, disallow, proscribe, debar, blackball, interdict, criminalize Definition to exclude They have been barred from playing in several countries. Synonyms exclude, ban, forbid, prohibit, keep out of, disallow, shut out of, ostracize, debar, blackball, interdict, black- enhancement
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