enjoin
verb (used with object)
to prescribe (a course of action) with authority or emphasis.
will enjoin
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future tenseof enjoin.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"Where, however, the use exceeds the bounds of legitimate public interest," said Greenberg, "the law will enjoin such exploitation."
From Time Magazine Archive
"If this complainant is going to be defrauded I will enjoin this contract pendente lite and appoint a receiver."
From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train
But, chief, myself I will enjoin, Awake at duty's call, To show a love as prompt as thine To Him who gives me all.
From True Stories about Dogs and Cats by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
Sometimes the courts, instead of going so far, will enjoin them from doing wrongs that are feared.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles
New men will be at the barns and power-houses early to-morrow, prepared to run the cars, and the court will enjoin strikers from active interference.
From A Speckled Bird by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
