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   enjoin

   /ɪnˈdʒɔɪn/

   verb

   • 1. instruct or urge (someone) to do something: "the code enjoined members to trade fairly" Similar urgeencouragetry to persuadeadjureadmonishpresspromptprodgoadegg onspurpushpressureput pressure onuse pressure onpressurizelean oninstructordercommanddirectgive the order togive the command totellrequirecall ondemandchargewarnentreatexhortimploreappeal tobegbeseechplead withnaginformal:put the heat onput the screws ontwist someone's armrailroad intobulldoze intoliterary:bid
   • ▪ prescribe (an action or attitude) to be performed or adopted: "the charitable deeds enjoined on him by religion"
   • ▪ prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction: "he was enjoined from using the patent" Similar prohibitbanbarpreventinhibitinterdictforbid torestrainOpposite compel

   Word Origin Middle English (formerly also as injoin): from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere ‘join, attach, impose’, from in- ‘in, towards’ + jungere ‘to join’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. enjoinment noun
   • 2. enjoiner noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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