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                    as in demanded
                                                
              
          
                                                      to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority                                       
              
                             police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in instructed
                                                
              
          
                                                      to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority                                       
              
                             undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in prohibited
                                                
              
          
                                                      to order not to do or use or to be done or used                                       
              
                             Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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