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enjoin

/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/

enjoin verb: to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

Verb

enjoin (third-person singular simple present enjoins, present participle enjoining, simple past and past participle enjoined)

  1. (literary, transitive) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
    • I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 9:31
  2. (transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
    • They [the Noahide laws] also enjoin the establishment of a just system of laws and courts.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 15
  3. (transitive) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
    • In 1983, BLM was enjoined by court order from using any herbicides in its Medford, Oregon District. Subsequent court action in 1984 enjoined BLM from the use of herbicides throughout Oregon and the U.S. Forest Service was similarly enjoined throughout Region 6 (Pacific Northwest).1989, U.S. Department of the Interior, chapter 1, in Western Oregon Program-Management of Competing Vegetation: Proposed Record of Decision, Bureau of Land Management, page 9
    • the judicial power of the United States had no power to enjoin the executive branch of the government from the execution of a constitutional duty or of a constitutional law1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

enjoin meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

enjoin in Tamil

இணை, சேர்

enjoin in Marathi

to enjoin
बजावणे bajāvṇe

enjoin in Urdu

ہدایت کرنا

enjoin in Bengali

নির্দেশ দেওয়া, আদেশ দেওয়া
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enjoin in Malayalam
ആജ്ഞാപിക്കുക, അടിച്ചേൽപ്പിക്കുക, ആധികാരികമായി ആവശ്യപ്പെടുക
enjoin in Kannada
ಹೊರಿಸು, ಹೇರು, ಕಟ್ಟಲೆಯಿಡು, ತಡೆ

Forms of enjoin

third-person singular presentenjoins
present participleenjoining
past participleenjoined
pastenjoined

Past tense of enjoin: enjoined

Origin of enjoin

From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.

Words formed from enjoin

Words that rhyme with enjoin

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Questions about enjoin

What does enjoin mean?
Enjoin means to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
What is enjoin in Tamil?
Enjoin in Tamil is இணை, சேர். See Enjoin meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is enjoin?
Enjoin is a verb.
How do you pronounce enjoin?
Enjoin is pronounced /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/.
What is the past tense of enjoin?
The past tense of enjoin is enjoined.

Words near enjoin in the dictionary

  1. enjeweling
  2. enjewelled
  3. enjewelling
  4. enjewels
  5. enjo kosai
  6. enjoin
  7. enjoinable
  8. enjoinder
  9. enjoinders
  10. enjoined
  11. enjoiner

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: enjoin (page history and authors); enjoin (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); बजावणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); enjoin (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Enjoin (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enjoin (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enjoin (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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