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Webster 1913 Edition


Regimen

Reg′i-men

(r?j′?-m?n)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Regimen

REG'IMEN

,
Noun.
[L. from rego, to govern.]
1.
In medicine, the regulation of diet with a view to the preservation or restoration of health; or in a more general sense, the regulation of all the non-naturals for the same purposes.
2.
Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
3.
In grammar, government; that part of syntax or construction, which regulates the dependency of words, and the alterations which one occasions or requires in another in connection with it; the words governed.
4.
Orderly government; system of order.

Definition 2024


régimen

régimen

See also: regimen, Regimen, and regímen

Spanish

Noun

régimen m (plural regímenes)

  1. regime