Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enjoined

/ˌɛndʒˈɔɪnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: en-joined
IPA: /ˌɛndʒˈɔɪnd/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prescribed; expected (by an authority).

verb

simple past and past participle of enjoin

Example Sentences

"For if there be any book in the Divine record, the publication of which is more enjoined than another, it is this."
"The former is no more enjoined by the Constitution than the latter , and the latter no more prohibited than the former."
"But that the nonsensuous transcendental must necessarily be some non-existential spiritual merit, which is to be the emergent product of a certain course of enjoined actions, is not conceded whole sale without some specific reservation ."

Inflected Forms

more enjoined (comparative) most enjoined (superlative)

Derived Forms

unenjoined

Rhymes With

joined coined rejoined conjoined purloined groined

Questions

How do you pronounce enjoined?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛndʒˈɔɪnd/.
What does enjoined mean?: Prescribed; expected (by an authority).

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