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
The sumner, and the watch too, I hope your worship will enjoin them silence.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Robert Dodsley
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
On him I will enjoin silence; he is paid by me.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
