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Word entry · 6 letters

enjoin

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"Order legally"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪn/Part of speech verbSorted eijnnoStarts with EEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Word origin

From Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre (“to join with”), from Latin iniungo (“to attach”), a compound of in- (“into” “upon”) and iungo.

Used in a sentence

  • I am enjoin'd by oath to observe three things:
  • to confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them […]
  • 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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