Entry Word: enjoin

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority <police enjoined the communityʼs full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers> — see demand 1
2 to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority <the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor> — see command 1
3 to order not to do or use or to be done or used <Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life> — see forbid