ENJOIN

order, tell, enjoin, say

(verb) 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”

enjoin

(verb) issue an injunction

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

enjoin (third-person singular simple present enjoins, present participle enjoining, simple past and past participle enjoined)

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

(transitive, legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Source: Wiktionary

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En*join", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoining.] Etym: [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)

Definition: 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.

En*join", v. t.

Definition: To join or unite. [Obs.] Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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