regime

n. One who, or that which, begrimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Regimen. ] 1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system. [ 1913 Webster ]

I dream . . . of the new régime which is to come. H. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Regimented; p. pr. & vb. n. Regimenting. ] 1. To form into a regiment or into regiments. Washington. [ 1913 Webster ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize according to classes, districts or the like.

The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and special functions are relegated to the several units. J. W. Powell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To organize and manage in a uniform and rigid manner; to control with a strict discipline. [ PJC ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

But what are kings, when regiment is gone,
But perfect shadows in a sunshine day? Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law of nature doth now require of necessity some kind of regiment. Hocker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A region or district governed. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery, commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies, usually ten. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the British army all the artillery are included in one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is divided into brigades. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regiment of the line (Mil.), a regiment organized for general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or concerning, a regiment; as, regimental officers, clothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regimental school, in the British army, a school for the instruction of the private soldiers of a regiment, and their children, in the rudimentary branches of education. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In or by a regiment or regiments; as, troops classified regimentally. [ 1913 Webster ]