| source : web1913 |
Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t.
To join or unite. [Obs.] --Hooker.
| source : web1913 |
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.
High matter thou enjoin'st me. --Milton.
I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
--Shak.
2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or
decree; to put an injunction on.
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from
disturbing the plaintiffs. --Kent.
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.
| source : wn |
enjoin
v 1: issue an injunction
2: tell somebody to do something; "I said to him to go home";
"She ordered him to do the shopping" [syn: {order}, {tell},
{say}]