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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1420, 1513-1626
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Injone, v. [Var. spelling of Injune v.] tr. a. To impose, prescribe, enjoin. b. To join, conjoin, unite, attach.a. 1513 Doug. xiii. iii. 20.
Baith with hys hand and wordis … [he] Inionyt has and commandit thame silens c1420 Wynt. v. 2900 (W).
The Paip … inionyt him pennance syne 1533 Bell. Livy II. 38/19.
We inione [L. injungimus] the same iniure to oure nychthoure that we haue eschewit 1573 Reg. Privy C. II. 264.
It is declarit and injonit to the saidis awnaris … that … the foirsaid silver … salbe … escheittit 1603 Philotus cxxxix.
I am content … All till obey that ȝe inione; That ȝe command, it man be doneb. a1568 Steel Bannatyne MS 235a/9.
O jem of joy, inionit in my hairt 1622-6 Bisset I. 94/20.
So that the services … gif ony be adjoned thairin be … exercised be … godlie persones … , quhilk we … apply, approve, injone [L. annectimus] and incorporate
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