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ENJOIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Example:

The mother told the child to get dressed

Synonyms:

enjoin; order; say; tell

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "enjoin" is one way to...):

request (ask (a person) to do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enjoin"):

direct (command with authority)

instruct (give instructions or directions for some task)

command; require (make someone do something)

call; send for (order, request, or command to come)

warn (ask to go away)

prescribe ((medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They enjoin him to write the letter

Derivation:

injunction (a formal command or admonition)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Issue an injunction

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "enjoin" is one way to...):

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto (command against)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

enjoining; enjoinment; injunction ((law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity)

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