What does enjoin mean?
Definitions for enjoin
ɛnˈdʒɔɪnen·join
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Princeton's WordNet
enjoinverb
issue an injunction
order, tell, enjoin, sayverb
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"
Wiktionary
enjoinverb
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
enjoinverb
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To ENJOINverb
To direct; to order; to prescribe. It is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.
Etymology: enjoindre, French.
To satisfy the good old man,
I would bend under any heavy weight
That he’ll enjoin me to. William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing.Monks and philosophers, and such as do continually enjoin themselves. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 292.
It endeavours to secure every man’s interest, by enjoining that truth and fidelity be inviolably preserved. John Tillotson, Sermons.
Wikipedia
Enjoin
An injunction is a legal and equitable remedy in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts. "When a court employs the extraordinary remedy of injunction, it directs the conduct of a party, and does so with the backing of its full coercive powers." A party that fails to comply with an injunction faces criminal or civil penalties, including possible monetary sanctions and even imprisonment. They can also be charged with contempt of court. Counterinjunctions are injunctions that stop or reverse the enforcement of another injunction.
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enjoin
Enjoin typically refers to instruct, urge, or command someone to do something, often in a formal or legal context. It also means to prohibit or prevent someone from doing a particular action, usually through a legal injunction or order.
Webster Dictionary
Enjoinverb
to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge
Enjoinverb
to prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on
Enjoinverb
to join or unite
Etymology: [F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Injunction.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Enjoin
en-join′, v.t. to lay upon, as an order: to order or direct with authority or urgency.—n. Enjoin′ment. [Fr. enjoindre—L. injungĕre—in, and jungĕre, to join.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enjoin in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enjoin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of enjoin in a Sentence
This is a situation where you can't you know you can't unring the bell, obviously, so, if President Trump are at all sympathetic to Trump's claims President Trump will presumably enjoin the release.
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