Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

injoin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-join
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete form of enjoin.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"When theſe Favours were beſtowed, the Sentences were read over, by which Penances were injoined the Criminals. The firſt Sentences were those of the Croſs-Bearers, who were injoined to wear Croſſes on their Breaſt and Back, and if their Crimes were very heinous, they were condemned to wear two."
"1751, George Buchanan, 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 Conſcience by theſe Expiations."
"And our blessed Lord injoins all his disciples to be “wise” as well as “harmless.” Matt. x. 16."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

injoins (present, singular) injoining (participle, present) injoined (participle, past) injoined (past)

Questions

What does injoin mean?: Obsolete form of enjoin.

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