I now enjoin you to take hands and make your vows.
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Enjoin
//ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn//
Synonyms for "enjoin" (173 found)
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Related words (86)
interdictissue a caveatissue a commandissue a writkeepkeep backkeep fromkeep inkeep in checkkeep under controllaylay onlay under restraintlevylikeloveluxuriate inmaintainmandatemind
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49 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπιτέλλω verb (to lay on, as a command)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- buyurmaq verb (to lay on, as a command)
- hökm etmək verb (to lay on, as a command)
- əmr etmək verb (to lay on, as a command)
Bulgarian
3 entries- забранявам verb (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order)
- нареждам verb (to lay on, as a command)
- предписвам verb (to lay on, as a command)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 吩咐 verb (to lay on, as a command)
- 命令 verb (to lay on, as a command)
- 禁止 verb (to lay on, as a command)
Czech
4 entries- (soudně) zakázat verb (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order)
- nakázat verb (to lay on, as a command)
- nařídit verb (to lay on, as a command)
- poručit verb (to lay on, as a command)
Danish
3 entries- påbyde verb (to lay on, as a command)
- pålægge verb (to lay on, as a command)
- pålægge verb (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order)
Finnish
3 entries- kieltää verb (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order)
- määrätä verb (to lay on, as a command)
- määrätä verb (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order)
French
1 entries- enjoindre verb (to lay on, as a command)
German
4 entries- anordnen verb (to lay on, as a command)
- auferlegen verb (to lay on, as a command)
- aufgeben verb (to lay on, as a command)
- ermahnen verb (to lay on, as a command)
Hungarian
4 entries- elrendel verb (to lay on, as a command)
- eltilt verb (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order)
- int verb (to lay on, as a command)
- meghagy verb (to lay on, as a command)
Irish
1 entries- cuir d'fhiacha ar verb (to lay on, as a command)
Pennsylvania German
1 entries- aabefehle verb (to lay on, as a command)
Portuguese
1 entries- injungir verb (to lay on, as a command)
Russian
4 entries- веле́ть verb (to lay on, as a command)
- запреща́ть verb (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order)
- предпи́сывать verb (to lay on, as a command)
- предписа́ть verb (to lay on, as a command)
Spanish
4 entries- imponer verb (to lay on, as a command)
- mandar verb (to lay on, as a command)
- ordenar verb (to lay on, as a command)
- prohibir verb (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The 3 corporations have each hired a retinue of lawyers, and seek to enjoin the state from regulating their industry.
Source: tatoeba (10693835)
Piper filed a bill to enjoin Brown from infringing two patents.
Source: tatoeba (10776254)
I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.