enjoin • / in-JOIN / • verb

Enjoining is about requiring or prohibiting. To enjoin a person is to direct or order them to do something. To enjoin an act or practice is to prohibit it; in legal contexts, that prohibition is by way of a judicial order.

• Our guide enjoined us to take great care as we began our journey.
• The court has enjoined the ban.
• We were enjoined from speaking on the tour.