enjoin
/ɪnˈdʒɔɪn
/ /ɛnˈdʒɔɪn/verb [with object and infinitive]
1Instruct or urge (someone) to do something: the code enjoined members to trade fairly...
- The code also enjoins the rebels and the government to refrain from any provocative acts such as arrests, kidnapping and extortion.
- More than three decades passed before Lewis enjoined his readers to utilize dumb-bells as instruments that would benefit their lungs, improve the condition of their hearts, and enhance their vigor.
- They enjoin members to be ‘gentle and compassionate, kind and courteous’.
Synonyms
urge, encourage, try to persuade, adjure, admonish, press, prompt, prod, goad, egg on, spur, push, pressure, put pressure on, use pressure on, pressurize, lean on;
instruct, order, command, direct, give the order to, give the command to, tell, require, call on, demand, charge, warn;
entreat, exhort, implore, appeal to, beg, beseech, plead with, nag
informal put the heat on, put the screws on, twist someone's arm, railroad into, bulldoze into
literary bid
1.1 [with object] Prescribe (an action or attitude) to be performed or adopted: the charitable deeds enjoined on him by religion...
- Fasting is one of the five ‘pillars of Islam’ and is enjoined on everyone who has reached puberty.
- All happens only by the will of Allah and the acceptance of this reality is enjoined on the believers.
- The first is to explain why - if moral action is a hindrance to nirvana - the texts continually enjoin the performance of good deeds.
1.2 [with object] (enjoin someone from) Law Prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction: he was enjoined from using the patent...
- In the meantime, Mr. Meyer is enjoined from in any way further interfering with the flow of water in the channel from the plaintiffs’ land across his land.
- With respect to the military commissions, we were enjoined from going forward with military commissions by a district court order.
- The Florida Supreme Court overruled her and enjoined her from certifying.
Synonyms
prohibit, ban, bar, prevent, inhibit, interdict;
forbid to;
Law restrain
Derivatives
enjoinment
/ /ɛnˈdʒɔɪnm(ə)nt / noun ...- The plaintiffs say its search service relies on methods that are too similar to their system, and are demanding an enjoinment and damages.
- And the terms of reference will include an enjoinment that they stay at the tactical headquarters.
Origin
Middle English (formerly also as injoin): from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere 'join, attach, impose', from in- 'in, towards' + jungere 'to join'.