Definition of enjoin

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Enjoin (v. t.) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge..

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Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To urge; to enjoin.
Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute..
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge..
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Hote :: Hote (v. t. & i.) To command; to enjoin.
Bid :: Bid (v. t.) To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting..
Ceremonial :: Ceremonial (n.) A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form..
Will :: Will (n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order..
Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent..
Injoin :: Injoin (v. t.) See Enjoin.
Enjoin :: Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed.
Religion :: Religion (n.) Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct..
Enjoiner :: Enjoiner (n.) One who enjoins.
Judaism :: Judaism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses.
Enjoinment :: Enjoinment (n.) Direction; command; authoritative admonition.
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