enjoin

tr.v., -joined, -join·ing, -joins.

1. To direct or impose with authority and emphasis.
2. To prohibit or forbid. See synonyms at forbid.

[Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre, from Latin iniungere : in-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + iungere, to join.]

enjoiner en·join'er n.
enjoinment en·join'ment n.

To command or instruct with authority. See also Injunction.

verb

1. To give orders to: bid, charge, command, direct, instruct, order, tell. See over/under, words.
2. To refuse to allow: ban, debar, disallow, forbid, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, taboo. See allow/prevent.

v

Definition: forbid
Antonyms: allow, permit

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To direct, require, command, or admonish.

Enjoin connotes a degree of urgency, as when a court enjoins one party in a lawsuit by ordering the person to do, or refrain from doing, something to prevent permanent loss to the other party or parties. This type of order is known as an injunction.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - beordre, indskærpe, pålægge, forbyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
opleggen, verbieden

Français (French)
v. tr. - imposer à (le silence, l'obéissance), recommander (la prudence, la discrétion), prescrire, (US) interdire à qn de

Deutsch (German)
v. - auferlegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εντέλλομαι, διατάζω

Italiano (Italian)
imporre

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ordenar, proibir

Русский (Russian)
предписывать, обязывать, приказывать, запрещать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - imponer, ordenar, prohibir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ålägga, föreskriva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吩咐, 嘱咐, 命令

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 吩咐, 囑咐, 命令

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 명하다, ~하는 것을 금하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 命じる, …に…するように命じる, 禁ずる, 言い付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمنع, يفرض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ציווה, הטיל, חייב, אסר על‬

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