'Enjoin' definitions:
Definition of 'enjoin'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Enjoin'
From: GCIDE
- Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. To join or unite. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Enjoin'
From: GCIDE
- Enjoin \En*join"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enjoined; p. pr. & vb. n. Enjoining.] [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. [1913 Webster]
- High matter thou enjoin'st me. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. [1913 Webster]
- This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. --Kent. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'enjoin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjure,
- admonish,
- advise,
- appreciate,
- arrest,
- ban,
- bar,
- bid,
- boast,
- bridle,
- burden with,
- call on,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- caution,
- charge,
- check,
- command,
- commission,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- cotton to,
- counsel,
- curb,
- curtail,
- debar,
- decelerate,
- declare,
- decree,
- delight in,
- demand,
- deny,
- dictate,
- direct,
- disallow,
- dompt,
- dote,
- drink in,
- eat up,
- embargo,
- encourage,
- enjoy,
- exact,
- exclude,
- exclude from,
- exhort,
- expostulate,
- fancy,
- fasten upon,
- fill,
- forbid,
- forewarn,
- freight with,
- give an order,
- give the word,
- go,
- govern,
- guard,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold up,
- impose,
- impose on,
- impose upon,
- incite,
- induce,
- inflict on,
- inflict upon,
- inhibit,
- instruct,
- interdict,
- issue a caveat,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- lay,
- lay on,
- lay under restraint,
- levy,
- like,
- love,
- luxuriate in,
- maintain,
- mandate,
- mind,
- move,
- occupy,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- outlaw,
- own,
- persuade,
- place,
- possess,
- preach,
- preclude,
- prescribe,
- prevent,
- proclaim,
- prohibit,
- prompt,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- proscribe,
- pull,
- pull in,
- put,
- put down,
- put on,
- put upon,
- refuse,
- rein,
- rein in,
- reject,
- relish,
- remonstrate,
- repress,
- restrain,
- retain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- rule,
- rule out,
- saddle with,
- savor,
- say no to,
- say the word,
- set,
- set back,
- shut out,
- slow down,
- snub,
- straiten,
- subject to,
- suppress,
- taboo,
- take to,
- task,
- tax,
- tell,
- urge,
- warn,
- weight down with,
- withhold,
- yoke with