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- DictionaryEn·join/inˈjoin/
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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