enjoin
11enjoin — UK [ɪnˈdʒɔɪn] / US verb [transitive] Word forms enjoin : present tense I/you/we/they enjoin he/she/it enjoins present participle enjoining past tense enjoined past participle enjoined enjoin someone from something enjoin someone to do something …
12enjoin — en|join [ınˈdʒɔın] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: enjoindre, from Latin jungere to join ] 1.) formal to order or try to persuade someone to do something enjoin sb to do sth ▪ The organisation has been enjoined to end all… …
13enjoin — en|join [ ın dʒɔın ] verb transitive a. enjoin someone to do something FORMAL to strongly advise or order someone to do something b. enjoin someone from something LEGAL to legally order someone not to do something …
14enjoin — [[t]ɪnʤɔ͟ɪn[/t]] enjoins, enjoining, enjoined 1) VERB If you enjoin someone to do something, you order them to do it. If you enjoin an action or attitude, you order people to do it or have it. [FORMAL] [V n to inf] She enjoined me strictly not to …
15enjoin — verb instruct or urge to do something. ↘(enjoin someone from) Law prohibit someone from performing (an action) by issuing an injunction. Derivatives enjoinment noun Origin ME: from OFr. enjoindre, from L. injungere join, attach, impose …
16enjoin — verb I enjoin you to admit your mistake Syn: urge, encourage, admonish, press; instruct, direct, require, order, command, tell, call on, demand, charge; formal adjure; literary bid See note at prohibit …
17enjoin — /ɛnˈdʒɔɪn / (say en joyn), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) 1. to order or direct (a person, etc.) to do something; prescribe (a course of action, etc.) with authority or emphasis. 2. Law to prohibit or restrain by an injunction. {Middle English… …
18enjoin someone from something — legal phrase to legally order someone not to do something Thesaurus: miscellaneous legal termshyponym Main entry: enjoin …
19enjoin someone to do something — formal phrase to strongly advise or order someone to do something Thesaurus: to tell people what to dosynonym to give advicesynonym Main entry: enjoin …
20Enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong — is an often quoted phrase, used in the Qur an. This expression is the base of the Islamic institution of hisbah and sometimes referred to by this word. Hisbah forms a central part of Islamic doctrine, and is explicitly referred to in the two of… …
