enjoin Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb issue an injunction
verb give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
say; order; tell.
- I said to him to go home
- She ordered him to do the shopping
- The mother told the child to get dressed

F. enjoindre, L. injungere to join into, charge, enjoin; in + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Injunction.

imperfect & past participle Enjoined ; present participle & verbal noun Enjoining

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
High matter thou enjoin'st me. Milton.

I am enjoined by oath to observe three things. Shak.
(Law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. Kent.
✍ 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.