enjoin

«enjoin» in Mova's school dictionary: to order or strongly urge them to do it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (enjoin, enjoins, enjoined, enjoining)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To enjoin someone to do something is to order or strongly urge them to do it. tree →

2) (law) To enjoin someone from doing something, especially in the USA, is for a court to forbid them to do it with an official order (an injunction). tree →

sense in the lessons

An old-fashioned or legal word, found in religious texts, formal rules and law reports. In the Bible and church writing, people are enjoined to love, pray or forgive. In news it means a court has stopped someone: «The company was enjoined from selling the toy». Phrases: «enjoin someone to do», «enjoin someone from doing», «enjoin silence».

examples

• The rules enjoin all pupils to wear their uniform properly. tree →
• The scriptures enjoin believers to love their neighbours. tree →
• The judge enjoined the factory from dumping waste in the river. tree →
• Her parents enjoined her to be careful on the trip. tree →
• The captain enjoined silence on deck. tree →
• The court enjoined the company from using the name. tree →

note

Confusing: «enjoin to» means order, but «enjoin from» (US law) means forbid. Very formal; in speech say «tell», «order» or «ban». Noun: injunction (a court order).

In the corpora

• Who hath enjoined Him His way?
• Dost thou know how God enjoineth them, and causeth the lightning of His cloud to shine?
• to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «enjoin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.