All 3 Uses of
enjoin
in
Ivanhoe
- "Let me use my authority as a leech," answered Rebecca, "and enjoin you to keep silence, and avoid agitating reflections, whilst I apprize you of what you desire to know.†
Chpt 28
- Nay, in the last capital, being, as it were, the cope-stone which our blessed founder placed on the pure and undefiled doctrine which he had enjoined, we are prohibited from offering, even to our sisters and our mothers, the kiss of affection—'ut omnium mulierum fugiantur oscula'.†
Chpt 35 *
- "The laws of England," interrupted Beaumanoir, "permit and enjoin each judge to execute justice within his own jurisdiction.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(enjoin as in: enjoined us to act) to urge or command someone to do something