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Enjoin vs Debar - What's the difference?

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Enjoin is a related term of debar.


As a verb enjoin

is (transitive|chiefly|literary) to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

As a proper noun debar is

a city in the west of the republic of macedonia.

enjoin

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • * - Esther 9:31
  • To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them
  • * Shakespeare
  • I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
  • (legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
  • * Kent
  • This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.

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    debar

    English

    Verb

    (debarr)
  • To exclude or shut out; to bar.
  • (US, legal) To prohibit a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with an application for approval of a new drug from participating in future applications.
  • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with (disbar).

    Derived terms

    * debarment

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