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enjoin
Overview of verb enjoin
The verb enjoin has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) enjoin -- (issue an injunction)
2. (1) 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")
Grep of noun enjoin
enjoining
enjoinment
Antonyms of verb enjoin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb enjoin
2 senses of enjoin
Sense 1
enjoin
=> forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
=> command, require, compel
=> order, tell, enjoin, say
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Sense 2
order, tell, enjoin, say
=> request
=> ask
=> request, bespeak, call for, quest
=> communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across
=> convey, transmit, communicate
=> transfer
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb enjoin
1 of 2 senses of enjoin
Sense 2
order, tell, enjoin, say
=> direct
=> instruct
=> command, require, compel
=> call, send for
=> warn
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb enjoin
2 senses of enjoin
Sense 1
enjoin
=> forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
Sense 2
order, tell, enjoin, say
=> request
'Cause To' of verb enjoin
Derived Forms of verb enjoin
2 senses of enjoin
Sense 1
enjoin
RELATED TO>(noun) injunction#2
=> injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order
RELATED TO>(noun) enjoinment#1
=> injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order
RELATED TO>(noun) enjoining#1
=> injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order
Sense 2
order, tell, enjoin, say
RELATED TO>(noun) injunction#1
=> injunction
Domain of verb enjoin
Domain Terms of verb enjoin
Familiarity of verb enjoin
enjoin used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb enjoin
2 senses of enjoin
Sense 1
enjoin
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sense 2
order, tell, enjoin, say
EX: They enjoin him to write the letter
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb enjoin
2 senses of enjoin
Sense 1
enjoin
> forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
=> ban
=> bar, debar, exclude
=> enjoin
=> outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
Sense 2
order, tell, enjoin, say
> request
=> order, tell, enjoin, say
=> call
=> invite, bid
=> propose, declare oneself, offer, pop the question
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb enjoin
Sense 1
enjoin
=> forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
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Sense 2
order, tell, enjoin, say
=> request
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Grep of verb enjoin
enjoin
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