All 3 Uses of
enjoin
in
Moby Dick
- instead of this, I say, Yojo earnestly enjoined that the selection of the ship should rest wholly with me, inasmuch as Yojo purposed befriending us;†
Chpt 16-18 *
- But one transparent blue morning, when a stillness almost preternatural spread over the sea, however unattended with any stagnant calm; when the long burnished sun-glade on the waters seemed a golden finger laid across them, enjoining some secrecy; when the slippered waves whispered together as they softly ran on; in this profound hush of the visible sphere a strange spectre was seen by Daggoo from the main-mast-head.†
Chpt 58-60
- It enjoins him to be careful, and cut his work into as thin slices as possible, inasmuch as by so doing the business of boiling out the oil is much accelerated, and its quantity considerably increased, besides perhaps improving it in quality.†
Chpt 94-96
Definitions:
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(1)
(enjoin as in: enjoined us to act) to urge or command someone to do something
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(2)
(enjoin as in: enjoined us from acting) to prohibit someone from doing something