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# enjoin

verb (enjoin, enjoins, enjoined, enjoining)

«enjoin» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To enjoin someone to do something is to order or strongly urge them to do it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/#m1)
2. (law) To enjoin someone from doing something, especially in the USA, is for a court to forbid them to do it with an official order (an injunction). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/#m2)

### In the lessons

An old-fashioned or legal word, found in religious texts, formal rules and law reports. In the Bible and church writing, people are enjoined to love, pray or forgive. In news it means a court has stopped someone: «The company was enjoined from selling the toy». Phrases: «enjoin someone to do», «enjoin someone from doing», «enjoin silence».

### Examples

- The rules enjoin all pupils to wear their uniform properly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/#x1)
- The scriptures enjoin believers to love their neighbours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/#x2)
- The judge enjoined the factory from dumping waste in the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/#x3)
- Her parents enjoined her to be careful on the trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/#x4)
- The captain enjoined silence on deck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/#x5)
- The court enjoined the company from using the name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/#x6)

### Note

Confusing: «enjoin to» means order, but «enjoin from» (US law) means forbid. Very formal; in speech say «tell», «order» or «ban». Noun: injunction (a court order).

## In Jewish tradition

It means to order or appoint someone to do something. In Esther it means that the Jews were told to keep a festival.

**Interpretation.** Mordecai enjoined the Jews to keep Purim on the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar each year. In Job the question means that nobody can tell God what to do.

### Examples

- Who hath enjoined Him His way? (Writings JOB.36.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoin/#x1)
- to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, (Writings EST.9.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoin/#x2)

### Note

Confusing: «enjoin to» means order, but «enjoin from» (US law) means forbid. Very formal; in speech say «tell», «order» or «ban». Noun: injunction (a court order).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «enjoin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enjoin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/enjoin.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «enjoin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/enjoin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«enjoin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/enjoin.html) on Mova free.