Enjoin vs Incite - What's the difference?
enjoin | incite |
(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
* Shakespeare
(legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
* Kent
To rouse, stir up or excite.
As verbs the difference between enjoin and incite
is that 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 while incite is .enjoin
English
Verb
(en verb)- To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them
- I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
- This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.
References
* * *incite
English
Verb
(incit)- The judge was told by the accused that his friends had to incite him to commit the crime.
