enjoin
verb (used with object)
to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis.
enjoinment
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a word derived from
enjoin.
Example Sentences
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As Laurent went off, he exchanged a rapid glance with Therese, a glance full of urgent enjoinment.
From Theresa Raquin by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Not one of us dared break the Xosa’s enjoinment to strict silence, and thus we proceeded.
From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford
This she set out to him not once, but many and many a time, and the boy, who was quick of wit, punctually obeyed the enjoinment of his discreet nurse.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
The enjoinment of self-criticism and self-culture seems a simpler and less circumstantial rule of life.
From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by L. (Lizzy) Lind-af-Hageby
The slanting posture of the one was a sort of fierce rebuke; the sleeping attitude of the other was a dark and sullen enjoinment of silence.
From The Frozen Pirate by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
