Enjoin (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Issue an injunction.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

• Proscribe
• Interdict
• Disallow
• Veto
• Prohibit
• Nix

Related Words

• Enjoining (noun)
• Injunction (noun)
• Enjoinment (noun)

Meaning ²

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Say
• Order
• Tell

Hypernyms

• Request

Hyponyms

• Command
• Instruct
• Call
• Warn
• Direct
• Send For
• Prescribe
• Require

Related Words

• Injunction (noun)