different between enjoin vs recommend

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

Etymology

From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commend?re.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??k??m?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Hyphenation: rec?om?mend

Verb

recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended)

1. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

   The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

2. (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

   A city that has much to recommend it.

3. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably

   The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

4. (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

   A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advise

Antonyms

• deprecate
• disrecommend
• discourage
• disapprove
• oppose

Derived terms

Related terms

• recommendation

Translations

Anagrams

• commender

Middle English

Verb

recommend

1. Alternative form of recommenden