enjoin
verb (used with object)
to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis.
is enjoining
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present progressiveof enjoin (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But it is not that kind of fervour that the Apostle is enjoining here.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander
Et, si vis similem pingere, pinge sonum, is enjoining an impossibility.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by Carpenter, S. C. (Stephen Cullen)
Et si vis similem pingere, pinge sonum, is enjoining an impossibility.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III by Cibber, Theophilus
