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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- enjoin [ɪn'ʤɔɪn]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to order (someone) to do (something); urge strongly; command
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2.
vt.
to impose or prescribe (a condition, mode of behaviour, etc)
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3.
vt.
[law]
to require (a person) to do or refrain from doing (some act), esp by issuing an injunction
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4.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere to fasten to, from
in- 2 + jungere tojoin
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to order (someone) to do (something); urge strongly; command
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