Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: enjoin  en'joyn
  1. Issue an injunction
     
  2. Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
    "She enjoined him to do the shopping";
    - order, tell, say

Derived forms: enjoins, enjoining, enjoined

Type of: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix [N. Amer, informal], prohibit, proscribe, request, veto

Encyclopedia: Enjoin