- enjoin someone to do something
- enjoin someone to do somethingto order someone to do something. •
We sought to enjoin her to remain in office.
•Sally wants to enjoin the committee to finish its work on time.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
enjoin someone to do something
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enjoin 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 … Useful english dictionary
enjoin someone to do something — formal to strongly advise or order someone to do something … English dictionary
enjoin someone from something — legal phrase to legally order someone not to do something Thesaurus: miscellaneous legal termshyponym Main entry: enjoin … Useful english dictionary
enjoin someone from something — legal to legally order someone not to do something … English dictionary
enjoin — 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
enjoin — 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 … English dictionary
enjoin — [[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 … English dictionary
enjoin — en·join /in jȯin/ vt [Anglo French enjoindre to impose, constrain, from Old French, from Latin injungere to attach, impose, from in on + jungere to join]: to prohibit by judicial order: issue an injunction against a three judge district court… … Law dictionary
enjoin — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
enjoin — 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 … English new terms dictionary
enjoin — verb (T) 1 formal to order someone to do something 2 AmE law to legally prevent someone from going near a person or place … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
