Proscribe vs Enjoined - What's the difference?
proscribe | enjoined |
To forbid or prohibit.
To denounce.
To banish or exclude.
(enjoin)
(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
As verbs the difference between proscribe and enjoined
is that proscribe is to forbid or prohibit while enjoined is past tense of enjoin.proscribe
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Usage notes
* The latter pronunciation is used when added distinction from (prescribe) is desired.Verb
(proscrib)Usage notes
* Avoid the erroneous construction “proscribe against”; substitute “proscribe” alone or the phrase “pre scribe against”.Antonyms
* prescribeenjoined
English
Verb
(head)enjoin
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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.