enjoin
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
enjoin/ɪnˈʤɔɪn/
▶verb instruct or urge to do something.
■ (enjoin someone from) Law prohibit someone from performing (an action) by issuing an injunction.
– derivatives
enjoinment noun.
enjoinment noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. enjoindre, from L. injungere ‘join, attach, impose’.
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