In*join" (?), v. t. [Obs.] See Enjoin.
In*joint (?), v. t. [Pref. in- in + joint.] To join; to unite. [R.]
Shak.
In*joint, v. t. [Pref. in- in + joint.] To disjoint; to separate.
[Obs.] Holland.
In`ju*cun"di*ty (?), n. [L. injucunditas. See In- not, and Jocund.]
Unpleasantness; disagreeableness. [Obs.] Cockeram.
In*ju"di*ca*ble (?), a. Not cognizable by a judge. [Obs.] Bailey.
In`ju*di"cial (?), a. Not according to the forms of law; not judicial.
[R.]
In`ju*di"cious (?), a. [Pref. in- not + judicious; cf. F.
injudicieux.] 1. Not judicious; wanting in sound judgment;
undiscerning; indiscreet; unwise; as, an injudicious adviser.
An injudicious biographer who undertook to be his editor and the
protector of his memory.
A. Murphy.
2. Not according to sound judgment or discretion; unwise; as, an
injudicious measure.
Syn. -- Indiscreet; inconsiderate; undiscerning; incautious; unwise;
rash; hasty; imprudent.
In`ju*di"cious*ly, adv. In an injudicious manner.
In`ju*di"cious*ness, n. The quality of being injudicious; want of sound
judgment; indiscretion. Whitlock.
In*junc"tion (?), n. [L. injunctio, fr. injungere, injunctum, to join
into, to enjoin. See Enjoin.] 1. The act of enjoining; the act of
directing, commanding, or prohibiting.
2. That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a
precept; a direction.
For still they knew, and ought to have still remembered, The high
injunction, not to taste that fruit.
Milton.
Necessary as the injunctions of lawful authority.
South.
3. (Law) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some
cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required
to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency
of the writ.
It is more generally used as a preventive than as a restorative
process, although by no means confined to the former. Wharton. Daniell.
Story.
In"jure (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Injured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Injuring.] [L. injuriari, fr. injuria injury, perh. through F. injurier
to insult, in OF. also, to injure; or perhaps fr. E. injury, or F.
injure injury. See Injury.] To do harm to; to impair the excellence and
value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a)
To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b)
To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander,
tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or
diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the
sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as
the intellect or mind.
When have I injured thee? when done thee wrong?
Shak.
Syn. -- To damage; mar; spoil; harm; sully; wrong; maltreat; abuse;
insult; affront; dishonor.
In"jur*er (?), n. One who injures or wrongs.
||In*ju"ri*a (?), n.; pl. Injurie (#). [L.] (Law) Injury; invasion of
||another's rights.
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In*ju"ri*ous (?), a. [L. injuriousus, injurius; cf. F. injurieux. See
Injury.] 1. Not just; wrongful; iniquitous; culpable. [Obs.] Milton.
Till the injurious Roman did extort This tribute from us, we were
free.
Shak.
2. Causing injury or harm; hurtful; harmful; detrimental; mischievous;
as, acts injurious to health, credit, reputation, property, etc.
Without being injurious to the memory of our English Pindar.
Dryden.
Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; pernicious; mischievous; baneful;
deleterious; noxious; ruinous; detrimental.
In*ju"ri*ous*ly, adv. In an injurious or hurtful manner; wrongfully;
hurtfully; mischievously.
In*ju"ri*ous*ness, n. The quality of being injurious or hurtful;
harmfulness; injury.
In"ju*ry (?), n.; pl. Injuries (#). [OE. injurie, L. injuria, fr.
injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in- not + jus, juris,
right, law, justice: cf. F. injure. See Just, a.] Any damage or hurt
done to a person or thing; detriment to, or violation of, the person,
character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual;
that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment;
harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by
a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character.
For he that doeth injury shall receive that that he did evil.
Wyclif(Col. iii. 25).
Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling
arguments.