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the act of ordering that something not be done or used
the enjoining of the use of all tobacco products by the director of the baseball camp
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as in demanding
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 instructing
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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“Enjoining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enjoining. Accessed 29 Mar. 2023.
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