different between enjoin vs demand

English

Etymology

From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d???n/, /?n?d???n/, /?n?d???n/
• Rhymes: -??n

Verb

enjoin (third-person singular simple present enjoins, present participle enjoining, simple past and past participle enjoined)

1. (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
   • 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 9 [1]

     I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:

   • 1611, King James Bible - Esther 9:31, [2]

     to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]
2. (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
   • 1989, Western Oregon Program—Management of Competing Vegetation: Proposed Record of Decision, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Chapter 1, p. 9, [4]

     In 1983, BLM was enjoined by court order from using any herbicides in its Medford, Oregon District. Subsequent court action in 1984 enjoined BLM from the use of herbicides throughout Oregon and the U.S. Forest Service was similarly enjoined throughout Region 6 (Pacific Northwest).

   • 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

     the judicial power of the United States had no power to enjoin the executive branch of the government from the execution of a constitutional duty or of a constitutional law

Related terms

• injunction (noun)

Translations

References

• enjoin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “enjoin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• enjoin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Alternative forms

• demaund, demaunde (obsolete)

Etymology

From late Middle English demaunden, from Old French demander, from Latin d?mand?, d?mand?re.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??m??nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??mænd/, /d??mænd/
• Rhymes: -??nd, -ænd
• Hyphenation: de?mand

Noun

demand (countable and uncountable, plural demands)

1. The desire to purchase goods and services.
2. (economics) The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
3. A forceful claim for something.
4. A requirement.

5. An urgent request.

6. An order.
7. (electricity supply) More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.

Usage notes

One can also make demands on someone.

• See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take for uses and meaning of demand collocated with these words.

Synonyms

• (a requirement): imposition

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

demand (third-person singular simple present demands, present participle demanding, simple past and past participle demanded)

1. To request forcefully.

2. To claim a right to something.

3. To ask forcefully for information.

4. To require of someone.

5. (law) To issue a summons to court.

Synonyms

• call for

• insist
• (ask strongly): frain

Translations

Anagrams

• Dedman, Madden, damned, madden, manded