Enjoin vs Obstruct - What's the difference?
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(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
* - Esther 9:31
* Shakespeare
(legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
* Kent
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
As verbs the difference between enjoin and obstruct
is that enjoin is to lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge while obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.enjoin
English
Verb
(en verb)- To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them
- I am enjoined by oath to observe three things.
- This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.