Enjoin

Quick meaning: Enjoin is a verb meaning (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

Meaning

(transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
2. (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Example Sentences

I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:

They [the Noahide laws] also enjoin the establishment of a just system of laws and courts.

to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]

At some landmark in the jungle the beater halted, pointed to the ground as a sign that this spot would do, and put his finger on his lips to enjoin silence.

Word Forms

• enjoins
• enjoining
• enjoined

Synonyms for enjoin

Depending on context, synonyms include order, tell, say.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include order, tell, say, ban, oblige, instruct.

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