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enjoin
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)
- (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 […]
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 9 [1]
- (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
- 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]
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.
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unjoin
English
Etymology
un- +? join
Verb
unjoin (third-person singular simple present unjoins, present participle unjoining, simple past and past participle unjoined)
- (transitive) To separate or detach (things that were joined).
- (transitive) To cease to be a member of; to leave.
- 1990, Kurt Gabel, William C. Mitchell, The Making of a Paratrooper
- The leader would say a pleading "Hey, fellas," instead of a commanding and enforcing "Ach-tung!" So I unjoined the Boy Scouts.
- 1990, Kurt Gabel, William C. Mitchell, The Making of a Paratrooper
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