Enjoined

Examples

• Graham, in sending tickets, had enjoined attention to costume as a compliment due to royalty: he also recommended punctual readiness by seven o'clock. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I feared the vengeance of the disappointed fiend, yet I was unable to overcome my repugnance to the task which was enjoined me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Now, my dear Harry, if Miss Keeldar has said she is ill, and enjoined you to keep her secret, do not obey her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• It only makes people want to nose 'em out, he always objected when enjoined to discretion. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• At last, however, he comprehended the fact that such were my orders, and that duty enjoined their literal fulfilment. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He is enjoined to silence and to rest, and they have given him some opiate to lull his pain, for his old enemy is very hard with him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If the right thus granted is invaded, apply to a Federal Court and the infringer will be enjoined and required to settle in damages. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Why had he enjoined me, too, to secrecy? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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