enjoin.
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
Meaning & usage
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.
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