Injoin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Injoin is a verb meaning Obsolete form of enjoin.
Meaning
Obsolete form of enjoin.
Example Sentences
And our blessed Lord injoins all his disciples to be “wise” as well as “harmless.” Matt. x. 16.
1751, George Buchanan, unnamed translator, History of Scotland [1582, Rerum Scoticarum Historia], Volume 1, page 238, Neither did the King omit to perform all that they injoined him, thinking to be healed in his Conſcience by theſe Expiations.
When theſe Favours were beſtowed, the Sentences were read over, by which Penances were injoined the Criminals. The firſt Sentences were those of the Croſs-Bearers, who were injoined to wear Croſſes on their Breaſt and Back, and if their Crimes were very heinous, they were condemned to wear two.
Word Forms
- injoins
- injoining
- injoined
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include enjoyn, enjoin, join, underjoin, envolve, interjoin.
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