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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: enjoin Jackie #205967 06/05/2012 12:05 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 21 Ontario RonDavis stranger RonDavis stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 21 Ontario "Enjoin" is not a contranym. One either "enjoins to" or "enjoins from". Either way, "enjoin" simply means "instruct sternly". My favorite contranym is the phrase "cleave fast". The verb and the adverb reverse as a team to say that the subject goes to one extreme or the other. Last edited by RonDavis; 06/05/2012 12:06 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted enjoin Jackie 06/04/2012 4:29 AM Re: enjoin Faldage 06/04/2012 10:52 AM Re: enjoin zmjezhd 06/04/2012 1:29 PM Re: enjoin tsuwm 06/04/2012 2:20 PM Re: enjoin Faldage 06/04/2012 6:02 PM Re: enjoin RonDavis 06/05/2012 12:05 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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