enjoin
verb /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/
/ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enjoin | /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/ /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/ |
| he / she / it enjoins | /ɪnˈdʒɔɪnz/ /ɪnˈdʒɔɪnz/ |
| past simple enjoined | /ɪnˈdʒɔɪnd/ /ɪnˈdʒɔɪnd/ |
| past participle enjoined | /ɪnˈdʒɔɪnd/ /ɪnˈdʒɔɪnd/ |
| -ing form enjoining | /ɪnˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/ /ɪnˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/ |
- (formal) to order or strongly advise somebody to do something; to say that a particular action or quality is necessary
- enjoin somebody to do something The code enjoined members to trade fairly.
- be enjoined on somebody Fasting is enjoined on believers as a religious duty.
- enjoin somebody from doing something (law) to legally prevent somebody from doing something, for example with an injunction
Word OriginMiddle English (formerly also as injoin): from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere ‘join, attach, impose’, from in- ‘in, towards’ + jungere ‘to join’.