Complete Definition of "enjoin"

English

Verb
en-verb

  1. context|transitive|often literary To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

#*w:King James Bible|King James Bible - Esther 9:31
#*: To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them [....]

  1. transitive law To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Related terms
(noun) injunction

References
R:Century 1911
R:Webster 1913

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