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Webster 1913 Edition
Regimen
Reg′i-men
(r?j′?-m?n)
, Noun.
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.
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.