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Verb enjoin has 2 senses

enjoin - issue an injunction
--₁ is one way to forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow

Derived forms: noun injunction₂, noun enjoinment₁, noun enjoining₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
order, tell, enjoin, say - 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"
--₂ is one way to request

Derived form: noun injunction₁
Sample sentence:
They enjoin him to write the letter