En*join" (?), v. 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.
Shak.
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.
&fist; 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", v. t. To join or
unite. [Obs.] Hooker.
