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enjoin
 
Verb enjoin has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
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