enjoin

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɛnˈʤɔɪn/ UK /ɪnˈʤɔɪn/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to instruct or urge to do something; to prohibit by order

The court enjoined the company from dumping waste in the river.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to instruct or urge to do... instruct command direct urge prohibit forbid charge

Opposites

permit allow authorize

Word family

Derived forms enjoinmentenjoiner

Related forms join junction conjoin injunction

Etymology

From Old French enjoindre, from Latin iniungere ('to impose, attach to'), from in- ('on') + iungere ('to join').

enjoindre Old French iniungere Latin iungere Latin *yewg- Proto-Indo-European

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# enjoin

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɛnˈʤɔɪn/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈʤɔɪn/

## Meanings
1. to instruct or urge to do something; to prohibit by order

## Examples
- The court enjoined the company from dumping waste in the river.

## Synonyms
- instruct
- command
- direct
- urge
- prohibit
- forbid
- charge

## Antonyms
- permit
- allow
- authorize

## Derived Forms
- enjoinment
- enjoiner

## Related Forms
- join
- junction
- conjoin
- injunction

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: enjoindre
- Root: iniungere
- Root: iungere
- Root: *yewg-

## Etymology
From Old French enjoindre, from Latin iniungere ('to impose, attach to'), from in- ('on') + iungere ('to join').

## AI Etymology
Enjoin comes from Old French enjoindre, from Latin iniungere ('to impose, attach to'), from in- ('on') + iungere ('to join'). Morphologically, the form is compositional: in- marks part of the visible structure, while the remaining element supplies the lexical base. In present use, it is used as a verb meaning "to instruct or urge to do something; to prohibit by order", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as enjoinment and enjoiner and related forms such as join, junction, conjoin, and injunction, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Old French enjoindre, Latin iniungere, Latin iungere, and Proto-Indo-European *yewg-, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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