HIGH vocabulary
Enjoin
to instruct or urge (someone) to do something; to prohibit someone from performing (an action)
Example
"The court enjoined the company from distributing the misleading advertisements."
Etymology
From Old French 'enjoindre' and Latin 'injungere' meaning 'to join into, impose, attach,' from 'in-' (into, upon) + 'jungere' (to join).
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