Enjoin vs. Injoin — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Enjoin and Injoin
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Enjoin
Instruct or urge (someone) to do something
The code enjoined members to trade fairly
Injoin
Obsolete form of enjoin
Enjoin
To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge
The doctor enjoined the patient to walk daily.
Injoin
See Enjoin.
Enjoin
To require or impose (an action or behavior, for example) with authority and emphasis; prescribe.
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Enjoin
To prohibit or forbid
The judge enjoined the merger of the firms. The court enjoined the company from merging with its competitor.
Enjoin
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
Enjoin
(transitive) To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
Enjoin
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
Enjoin
To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
High matter thou enjoin'st me.
I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
Enjoin
To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.
Enjoin
To join or unite.
Enjoin
Issue an injunction
Enjoin
Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority;
I said to him to go home
She ordered him to do the shopping
The mother told the child to get dressed
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