Both Uses of
enjoin
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- At first he had enjoined the actors, who had stopped in suspense, to continue, and to raise their voices; then, perceiving that no one was listening, he had stopped them; and, during the entire quarter of an hour that the interruption lasted, he had not ceased to stamp, to flounce about, to appeal to Gisquette and Liénarde, and to urge his neighbors to the continuance of the prologue; all in vain.†
Chpt 1.1.4
- However, if these good Haudriettes were, for the moment, complying with the statutes of Pierre d'Ailly, they certainly violated with joy those of Michel de Brache, and the Cardinal of Pisa, which so inhumanly enjoined silence upon them.†
Chpt 1.4.1 *
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