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Webster 1913 Edition

Enjoin

En-join′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Enjoined
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Enjoining
.]
[F.
enjoindre
, L.
injungere
to join into, charge, enjoin;
in + jungere
to join. See
Join
, and cf.
Injunction
.]
1.
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
High matter thou
enjoin’st
me.
Milton.
I am
enjoined
by oath to observe three things.
Shakespeare
2.
(Law)
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
This is a suit to
enjoin
the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.
Kent.
☞ Enjoin has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as, the duties enjoined by God in the moral law. “This word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.”
Johnson.

En-join′

,
Verb.
T.
To join or unite.
[Obs.]
Hooker.

Webster 1828 Edition

Enjoin

ENJOIN'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. injungo. See Join. We observe that the primary sense of join is to set, extend or lay to, to throw to or on; otherwise the sense of order or command could not spring from it.To enjoin is to set or lay to or on.]
1.
To order or direct with urgency; to admonish or instruct with authority; to command. Says Johnson, 'this word is more authoritative than direct, and less imperious than command.' It has the force of pressing admonition with authority; as, a parent enjoins on his children the duty of obedience. But it has also the sense of command; as the duties enjoined by God in the moral law.
2.
In law, to forbid judicially; to issue or direct a legal injunction to stop proceedings.
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.

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