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enjoined

enjoined adjective: prescribed; expected (by an authority). Also the simple past and past participle of enjoin.

Adjective

enjoined (comparative more enjoined, superlative most enjoined)

  1. Prescribed; expected (by an authority).
    • For if there be any book in the Divine record, the publication of which is more enjoined than another, it is this.1849, William Rogers, Jesus Comes and Comes Quickly, page 101
    • The former is no more enjoined by the Constitution than the latter , and the latter no more prohibited than the former.1852, Martyn Paine, Mary Ann Paine, Memoir of Robert Troup Paine, page 283

Also used as

enjoined is also the simple past and past participle of enjoin.

Forms of enjoined

comparativemore enjoined
superlativemost enjoined

Words formed from enjoined

Phrases with enjoined

Questions about enjoined

What does enjoined mean?
Enjoined means prescribed; expected (by an authority).
What part of speech is enjoined?
Enjoined is an adjective.

Words near enjoined in the dictionary

  1. enjo kosai
  2. enjoin
  3. enjoinable
  4. enjoinder
  5. enjoinders
  6. enjoined
  7. enjoiner
  8. enjoiners
  9. enjoinest
  10. enjoineth
  11. enjoining

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