enjoin

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We cannot say that the modern Puranas do not rest in any degree on the Vedas; some Vedic principles are manifest in them: but in the gods they set forth for worship and in the practices they enjoin, there is between them and the Vedas a marked diversity.

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  1. transitive verb To direct or impose with authority and emphasis.
  2. transitive verb To prohibit or forbid. See Synonyms at forbid.

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enjoin:   enjoining ·  enjoined
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  1. Middle English enjoinen, from Old French enjoindre, from Latin iniungere : in-, causative pref.; see en-1 + iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also injoin; from Middle English enjoinen, enjoynen, from Old French enjoindre, French enjoindre = Provencal enjonger, enjunher = Italian ingiugnere, ingiungere from Latin injungere, enjoin, charge, lay upon, literally join with or to, from in, in, + jungere, join: see join, and injunction, etc.
 

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/ɛnˈdʒɔɪn/
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