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Unjoin vs Injoin - What's the difference?

unjoin | injoin |

As verbs the difference between unjoin and injoin

is that unjoin is to separate or detach (things that were joined) while injoin is .

unjoin

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To separate or detach (things that were joined)

    • injoin

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1731 , Philippus van Limborch, The History of the Inquisition , Volumes 1-2, page 307,
    • When the?e Favours were be?towed, the Sentences were read over, by which Penances were injoined the Criminals.
    The fir?t Sentences were those of the Cro?s-Bearers, who were injoined to wear Cro??es on their Brea?t and Back, and if their Crimes were very heinous, they were condemned to wear two.
  • * 1751 , , unnamed translator, History of Scotland'' [1582, ''Rerum Scoticarum Historia ], Volume 1, page 238,
    • Neither did the King omit to perform all that they injoined him, thinking to be healed in his Con?cience by the?e Expiations.
  • * 1823 , The Family Prayer-Book, Or The Book of Common Prayer , page 639,
    • And our blessed Lord injoins all his disciples to be “wise” as well as “harmless.” Matt. x. 16.
    (Webster 1913)