enjoin

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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 it upon your children until the end of days.

From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Slouschz, Nahum

But come, Arcathius, for your father's sake: Enjoin your fellow-princes to their tasks, And help to succour these my weary bones.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various

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