enjoin

Meaning

  1. (literary, transitive) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  2. (transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
  3. (transitive) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Synonyms

order
A1
tell
A1
command
B1
direct
B1
prescribe
C2
prohibit
29k
decree
C2
instruct
C2
say
A1
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bid
B2
stipulate
40k
advise
B2
forbid
B2
ordain
appoint
C2
dictate
C2
govern
C2
give
A1
importune
impose
C2
interdict
invite
B1
leave behind
mandate
C2
oblige
C2
persuade
C1
place
A1
post
B1
requisition
23k
saddle
C1
slate
C2
summon
C1
talk over
urge
C1
will
A1

give an order

preach to

insist upon

admeasure

give commandment

allot
47k
assign
C2
ban
C1
cajole
charge
A2
coax
26k
compel
C2
condition
B1
convince
B1
demand
B2
Translations

enjoindre
comandare
ordenar
vorschreiben
prescribir
imponer
ordonner
mandar
mandar
anordnen
intimare
ordinare
encargar

διατάσσω

befehlen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
enjoinen
In summary

From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.

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