enjoin Definition

enjoin
verb

enjoined, enjoining
1. formal
To order or command someone to do something.
Thesaurus: urge, order, charge, command, instruct, require.

Etymology: 17c: from French enjoindre, from Latin jungere to join.

Phrasal Verb: enjoin someone from something

To forbid them to do it, by means of an injunction.

Phrasal Verb: enjoin something on someone

To demand behaviour of a certain kind from them.
Example: enjoin politeness on one's children