enjoin

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Enjoin beneficence and forbid malevolence: so shalt thou be loved of Allah.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Enjoin but the terms I can make my peace with you upon, and I will instantly comply.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Richardson, Samuel

Enjoin these things to other men; for dictate not to me, for I think that I shall no longer obey thee.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Enjoin a young poet to write verses on any subject, and after he has finished his exercise, show him how Shakspeare, Dryden, and Pope, have treated the same subject.

From Cursory Observations on the Poems Attributed to Thomas Rowley (1782) by Kuist, James M.

Enjoin, en-join′, v.t. to lay upon, as an order: to order or direct with authority or urgency.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various