enjoin

Meanings

1. To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
2. To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
3. To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Etymology

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