Definition of enjoin

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Enjoin (v. t.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

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Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like..
Superessential :: Supererogatory (a.) Performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services..
Enjoiner :: Enjoiner (n.) One who enjoins.
Religion :: Religion (n.) Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct..
Compulsory :: Compulsory (a.) Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
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 join or unite.
Report :: Report (v. i.) To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock..
Judaism :: Judaism (n.) The religious doctrines and rites of the Jews as enjoined in the laws of Moses.
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..
Enjoinment :: Enjoinment (n.) Direction; command; authoritative admonition.
Penitencer :: Penitencer (n.) A priest who heard confession and enjoined penance in extraordinary cases.
Enjoining :: Enjoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Enjoi.
Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.)..
Imposing :: Imposing (a.) Laying as a duty; enjoining.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined; charge; burden; injunction; tax..
Will :: Will (n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order..
Injunction :: Injunction (n.) That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.
Solemn :: Solemn (a.) Marked with religious rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred..
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..
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