Enjoignez

Enjoignez is a French verb form derived from the verb enjoindre, meaning to command, to order, or to enjoin someone to do something. In modern French, enjoindre is a formal or legal term and is often translated into English as “to enjoin” or “to order.” The form enjoignez specifically appears as the second-person plural form in two common uses: the present indicative for vous (vous enjoignez = you enjoin/you command) and the second-person plural imperative (Enjoignez! = Command you all to do this).

Conjugation and usage notes. Enjoindre is irregular in the present tense: j’enjoins, tu enjoins, il enjoint, nous enjoignons, vous enjoignez, ils enjoignent. The verb can be followed by a clause introduced with de (enjoindre à qn de faire qqch) or directly with an infinitive? commonly, one says “enjoindre à qqn de faire qqch” or, in legal language, “enjoint au défendeur de…” The imperfect and other tenses follow similarly irregular patterns, but present tense forms are the most encountered in everyday and formal writing.

Etymology. Enjoindre comes from Old French enjoindre, from Latin injungere, meaning to impose or to place upon, reflecting its sense of issuing a command or injunction. The English verb enjoin derives from the same root.

Usage context. Enjoindre is primarily used in formal, administrative, or legal contexts. It is less common in everyday spoken French, where synonyms like ordonner, exiger, or obliger are more frequent. In English-language law, enjoin is the direct cognate, used to describe court orders prohibiting or directing actions.

See also. Enjoindre; enjoin (legal term); ordonnance (order).