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View definitions for enjoin

enjoin

verb as in order, command

verb as in forbid

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Example Sentences

As Napoleon enjoined, “in war, the moral is to the material as three to one.”

“Federal courts enjoy the power to enjoin individuals tasked with enforcing laws, not the laws themselves,” the majority wrote in allowing the law to go into effect.

On May 24, a complaint signed by Kennedy asked the federal court to enjoin Wallace from interfering with the students.

From Time

These aren’t B2B contracts because when my payer negotiates with my provider, and they legally enjoin me to pay money according to the contract that I have no visibility into, that’s an entirely different world.

Idaho passed a similar law last year, which was later enjoined by a federal court.

From Vox

A court of equity though may do this, and enjoin a pledgee from voting the stock whenever the pledgor's rights would be affected.

Sometimes the courts, instead of going so far, will enjoin them from doing wrongs that are feared.

A continued to practice as before and B applied to a court of equity to enjoin him.

Neither was it part of that plan to enjoin either secrecy or the other thing upon him.

In the laws that enjoin the duty of Covenanting they are not excluded.

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On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to enjoin, such as: admonish, adjure, advise, appoint, bid, and caution.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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