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# enjoining

verb -ing form of enjoin (enjoin, enjoins, enjoined, enjoining); noun (the enjoining — rare)

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

## Everyday

1. Enjoining is ordering or strongly urging someone to do something (formal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoining/#m1)
2. (law) Enjoining is a court forbidding someone to do something by an official order. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoining/#m2)

### In the lessons

See «enjoin». It appears in formal reports, law news and religious writing, usually in the present participle: «a sign enjoining visitors to keep off the grass». Phrases: «enjoining someone to», «a court enjoining».

### Examples

- The poster was enjoining everyone to wash their hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoining/#x1)
- The preacher spent the sermon enjoining us to forgive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoining/#x2)
- A court is enjoining the firm from building on the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoining/#x3)
- Signs enjoining silence hung in the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoining/#x4)
- The headteacher's letter, enjoining parents to read with their children, went home on Friday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoining/#x5)
- The judge is considering enjoining the sale. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enjoining/#x6)

### Note

The -ing form of «enjoin»; keep the single n before -ing. Very formal; in speech say «telling», «urging» or «banning».

## On Mova

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