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Enjoin

To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.

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Manner of action 7

Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Direct 76% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Instruct 76% connected

Arranged; furnished; provided.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prescribe 76% connected

To lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action; to impose as a peremptory order; to dictate; to appoint; to direct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Require 76% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Warn 76% connected

To refuse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 8

Disallow 76% connected

To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forbid 76% connected

of Forbid

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interdict 76% connected

To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nix 76% connected

One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prohibit 76% connected

To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, an…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Proscribe 76% connected

To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Request 76% connected

The act of asking for anything desired; expression of desire or demand; solicitation; prayer; petition; entreaty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Veto 76% connected

An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Enjoinment 74% connected

Direction; command; authoritative admonition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Enjoinment 74% connected

Direction; command; authoritative admonition.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Order 92% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Say 92% connected

Saw.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tell 92% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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