Antonyms for enjoin

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-join

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈdʒɔɪn

Definition of enjoin

Origin : early 13c., engoinen, from stem of Old French enjoindre (12c.) "impose (on), inflict; subject to; assign (to)," from Latin injungere "to join, fasten, attach;" figuratively "to inflict, to attack, impose," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + jungere "to join" (see jugular). Related: Enjoined; enjoining.

verb order, command
verb forbid

Example sentences :

And yet with what severity do we enjoin children "not to interrupt" us!
Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori

And dropped it in the glowing mass—no priest did this enjoin.
Extract from : « Gleams of Sunshine » by Joseph Horatio Chant

Every man can understand it, but to conceive it and enjoin it was possible only for God.
Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy

We stepped out from the shadow and held up our hands to enjoin care.
Extract from : « The Jucklins » by Opie Read

Her first movement was to enjoin silence, then to gaze about for the goods.
Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge

To those laws, enjoin what they may, I am prepared to submit.
Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

And if I followed your precepts, what other preliminaries would you enjoin?
Extract from : « Godolphin, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

They also took courage at what was told them, and were ready to perform what he should enjoin them.
Extract from : « The Antiquities of the Jews » by Flavius Josephus

All the laws that enjoin the exercise of Covenanting, were delivered to the Church.
Extract from : « The Ordinance of Covenanting » by John Cunningham

In the laws that enjoin the duty of Covenanting they are not excluded.
Extract from : « The Ordinance of Covenanting » by John Cunningham

Synonyms for enjoin

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