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Verb: enjoin  en'joyn
  1. Issue an injunction
     
  2. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
    "She enjoined him to do the shopping"
    - order, tell, say

Derived forms: enjoining, enjoined, enjoins

See also: injunction

Type of: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix [N. Amer], prohibit, proscribe, request, veto

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