"enjoin" meaning in English

See enjoin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/, /ənˈd͡ʒɔɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enjoin.wav Forms: enjoins [present, singular, third-person], enjoining [participle, present], enjoined [participle, past], enjoined [past]
Rhymes: -ɔɪn Etymology: From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*yewg-}}, {{inh|en|enm|enjoinen}} Middle English enjoinen, {{der|en|fro|enjoindre|t=to join with}} Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), {{der|en|la|iniungo||to attach}} Latin iniungo (“to attach”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} enjoin (third-person singular simple present enjoins, present participle enjoining, simple past and past participle enjoined)
  1. (transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. Tags: literary, transitive Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-enjoin-en-verb-7fRIuvgE Disambiguation of Directives: 49 28 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 16 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 10 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 53 24 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 62 21 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 60 20 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 61 22 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 75 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 19 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 21 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 67 18 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 61 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 61 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 20 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 56 26 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 73 15 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 16 13
  2. (transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-enjoin-en-verb-5X~7JJhx
  3. (transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law Translations (to prohibit or restrain by judicial order): забранявам (zabranjavam) (Bulgarian), (soudně) zakázat [perfective] (Czech), pålægge (Danish), määrätä (Finnish), kieltää (Finnish), untersagen (German), verbieten (German), megtilt (Hungarian), eltilt (Hungarian), запреща́ть (zapreščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), prohibir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-enjoin-en-verb-zw-BcVei Topics: law Disambiguation of 'to prohibit or restrain by judicial order': 21 5 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: enjoinable, enjoiner, enjoinment, preliminarily enjoin Related terms: injunction [noun] Translations (to lay on, as a command): ἐπιτέλλω (epitéllō) (Ancient Greek), buyurmaq (Azerbaijani), əmr etmək (Azerbaijani), hökm etmək (Azerbaijani), нареждам (nareždam) (Bulgarian), предписвам (predpisvam) (Bulgarian), 吩咐 (fēnfù) (Chinese Mandarin), 命令 (mìnglìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), nařídit [perfective] (Czech), nakázat [perfective] (Czech), poručit [perfective] (Czech), påbyde (Danish), pålægge (Danish), määrätä (Finnish), enjoindre (French), auferlegen (German), vorschreiben (German), anordnen (German), ermahnen (German), mahnen (German), aufgeben (German), fordern (German), parancsol (Hungarian), megparancsol (Hungarian), utasít (Hungarian), int (Hungarian), elrendel (Hungarian), meghagy (Hungarian), cuir d'fhiacha ar (Irish), injungir (Portuguese), предпи́сывать (predpísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), предписа́ть (predpisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), веле́ть (velétʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), imponer (Spanish), ordenar (Spanish), mandar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to lay on, as a command': 42 23 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ix]:",
          "text": "I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 9:31:",
          "text": "to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]",
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          "text": "At some landmark in the jungle the beater halted, pointed to the ground as a sign that this spot would do, and put his finger on his lips to enjoin silence.",
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          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 75:",
          "text": "But to my surprise and no small concern, Queequeg now gave me to understand, that he had been diligently consulting Yojo—the name of his black little god—and Yojo had told him two or three times over, and strongly insisted upon it everyway, that instead of our going together among the whaling-fleet in harbor, and in concert selecting our craft; instead of this, I say, Yojo earnestly enjoined that the selection of the ship should rest wholly with me, inasmuch as Yojo purposed befriending us; [...]",
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        "(transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge."
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          "ref": "2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 15:",
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          "text": "In 1983, BLM was enjoined by court order from using any herbicides in its Medford, Oregon District. Subsequent court action in 1984 enjoined BLM from the use of herbicides throughout Oregon and the U.S. Forest Service was similarly enjoined throughout Region 6 (Pacific Northwest).",
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          "roman": "zabranjavam",
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          "word": "untersagen"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
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          "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
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          "roman": "zapreščátʹ",
          "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
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          "word": "запреща́ть"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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      "word": "buyurmaq"
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      "word": "нареждам"
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      "roman": "predpisvam",
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      "word": "предписвам"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēnfù",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "吩咐"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mìnglìng",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "命令"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnzhǐ",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "禁止"
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
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      "word": "nařídit"
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
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      "word": "nakázat"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
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      "word": "poručit"
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      "word": "påbyde"
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      "word": "määrätä"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "enjoindre"
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      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "auferlegen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "vorschreiben"
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "anordnen"
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "ermahnen"
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "mahnen"
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "aufgeben"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "fordern"
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      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "epitéllō",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "ἐπιτέλλω"
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "megparancsol"
    },
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      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "utasít"
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      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "int"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "elrendel"
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      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
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      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "meghagy"
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      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "cuir d'fhiacha ar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "injungir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
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      "roman": "predpísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предпи́сывать"
    },
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      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
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      "roman": "predpisátʹ",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
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      "roman": "velétʹ",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "веле́ть"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "imponer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "ordenar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "42 23 35",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "mandar"
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}
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    "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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    {
      "word": "enjoinable"
    },
    {
      "word": "enjoiner"
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      "word": "preliminarily enjoin"
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      "word": "injunction"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ix]:",
          "text": "I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 9:31:",
          "text": "to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934, George Orwell, chapter 14, in Burmese Days:",
          "text": "At some landmark in the jungle the beater halted, pointed to the ground as a sign that this spot would do, and put his finger on his lips to enjoin silence.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 75:",
          "text": "But to my surprise and no small concern, Queequeg now gave me to understand, that he had been diligently consulting Yojo—the name of his black little god—and Yojo had told him two or three times over, and strongly insisted upon it everyway, that instead of our going together among the whaling-fleet in harbor, and in concert selecting our craft; instead of this, I say, Yojo earnestly enjoined that the selection of the ship should rest wholly with me, inasmuch as Yojo purposed befriending us; [...]",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge."
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          "order"
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          "command",
          "command"
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          "injunction",
          "injunction"
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          "authority"
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          "charge"
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        "(transitive, chiefly literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge."
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        "literary",
        "transitive"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 15:",
          "text": "They [the Noahide laws] also enjoin the establishment of a just system of laws and courts.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prescribe under authority; to ordain."
      ],
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          "prescribe",
          "prescribe"
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          "ordain",
          "ordain"
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        "(transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain."
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "ref": "1989, U.S. Department of the Interior, chapter 1, in Western Oregon Program-Management of Competing Vegetation: Proposed Record of Decision, Bureau of Land Management, page 9:",
          "text": "In 1983, BLM was enjoined by court order from using any herbicides in its Medford, Oregon District. Subsequent court action in 1984 enjoined BLM from the use of herbicides throughout Oregon and the U.S. Forest Service was similarly enjoined throughout Region 6 (Pacific Northwest).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law:",
          "text": "the judicial power of the United States had no power to enjoin the executive branch of the government from the execution of a constitutional duty or of a constitutional law",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on."
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          "prohibit",
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        "(transitive, law) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on."
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        "transitive"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ənˈd͡ʒɔɪn/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɔɪn"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "buyurmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "əmr etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "hökm etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nareždam",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "нареждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpisvam",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "предписвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēnfù",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "吩咐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mìnglìng",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "命令"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnzhǐ",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "禁止"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nařídit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nakázat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poručit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "påbyde"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "pålægge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "määrätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "enjoindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "auferlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "vorschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "anordnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "ermahnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "mahnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "aufgeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "fordern"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "epitéllō",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "ἐπιτέλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "parancsol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "megparancsol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "utasít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "int"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "elrendel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "meghagy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "cuir d'fhiacha ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "injungir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predpísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "предпи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predpisátʹ",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "предписа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "velétʹ",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "веле́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "imponer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "ordenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lay on, as a command",
      "word": "mandar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabranjavam",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "забранявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "(soudně) zakázat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "pålægge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "määrätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "kieltää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "untersagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "verbieten"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "megtilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "eltilt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapreščátʹ",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запреща́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to prohibit or restrain by judicial order",
      "word": "prohibir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enjoin"
}

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