Regermination
(Re*ger`mi*na"tion) n. [L. regerminatio.] A germinating again or anew.
Regest
(Re*gest") n. [L. regesta, pl.: cf. OF. regestes, pl. See Register.] A register. [Obs.] Milton.
Reget
(Re*get") v. t. To get again.
Regian
(Re"gi*an) n. [L. regius regal.] An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist. [Obs.] Fuller.
Regible
(Reg"i*ble) a. [L. regibilis, from regere to rule.] Governable; tractable. [Obs.]
Regicidal
(Reg"i*ci`dal) a. Pertaining to regicide, or to one committing it; having the nature of, or resembling,
regicide. Bp. Warburton.
Regicide
(Reg"i*cide) n. [F. régicide; L. rex, regis, a king + caedere to kill. Cf. Homicide.]
1. One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned
Charles I. to death.
2. The killing or the murder of a king.
Regild
(Re*gild") v. t. To gild anew.
Régime
(||Ré`gime") n. [F. See Regimen.]
1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system.
I dream . . . of the new régime which is to come.
H. Kingsley. 2. (Hydraul.) The condition of a river with respect to the rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of
water passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform régime being the condition when the flow
is equal and uniform at all the cross sections.
The ancient régime, or Ancien régime [F.], the former political and social system, as distinguished from
the modern; especially, the political and social system existing in France before the Revolution of 1789.
Regimen
(Reg"i*men) n. [L. regimen, -inis, fr. regere to guide, to rule. See Right, and cf. Regal,
Régime, Regiment.]
1. Orderly government; system of order; adminisration. Hallam.
2. Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation; esp.
(Med.), a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for
the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; — sometimes used synonymously
with hygiene.
3. (Gram.) (a) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated
by it in respect to case or mood; government. (b) The word or words governed.
Regiment
(Reg"i*ment) n. [F. régiment a regiment of men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government,
fr. regere to guide, rule. See Regimen.]
1. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. [Obs.] Spenser. "Regiment of health." Bacon.
But what are kings, when regiment is gone,
But perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
Marlowe.
The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment.
Hocker.
