enjoin



enjoin someone or something from something

[for a court] to order someone or something not to do something. The judge enjoined her from further action in this matter. The company was enjoined from further dumping of waste.
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enjoin someone to do something

to order someone to do something. We sought to enjoin her to remain in office. Sally wants to enjoin the committee to finish its work on time.
See also: enjoin

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fedelefe-DE-leItalian
Petulapə-TYOO-ləEnglish (Rare)
Jagadisha-Hinduism
Joey['dʒəui]
BaldwinBAWLD-win (English)English, Ancient Germanic
KenzieKEN-zeeEnglish