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untersagen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • enjoin verb To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  • forbid verb To order someone not to do something; to prohibit.

Senses

untersagen is used for these senses in English:

  • enjoin (transitive, legal) To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.
  • forbid (transitive) To disallow; to proscribe.

enjoin — full definition

  1. verb To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge.
  2. verb To prescribe under authority; to ordain.
  3. verb To prohibit or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on.

Related German words