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
Fifthly, it will enjoin the choice of an open-air life in the country, where possible.
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
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 Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot
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 Wilson, Augusta J. Evans
