enjoin

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ Rhymes: -ɔɪn === 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) To prescribe under authority; to ordain. (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== injunction (noun) ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “enjoin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “enjoin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “enjoin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.