enjoin

Verb
Synonyms: ordertellsay

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. issue an injunction
  2. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority“I said to him to go home”“She ordered him to do the shopping”“The mother told the child to get dressed”Synonyms: ordertellsay
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoining.] [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Injunction.]

1.To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. [1913 Webster]

High matter thou enjoin'st me.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.(Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. [1913 Webster]

This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.— Kent.[1913 Webster]

Note: Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. "This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command." --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. To join or unite. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
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