En-join'1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. ENJOINED; p. pr. & vb. n. ENJOINING.] [Fr. enjoindre, from prefix en and joindre, to join, Pr. enjounger, enjunher, It. ingiungere, from Lat. injungere, to join into, to charge, enjoin, from prefix in and jungere, to join.]
Sense 1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to put an injunction on; to give a command to; to direct with authority; to order.
High matter thou enjoin'st me. Milton.
Sense 2. (Law.) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree.
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs. Kent.
with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. “This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.” Johnson.