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English
Etymology
From Latin regimen (“‘guidance, direction, government, rule’”) < regere (“‘to rule’”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular regimen |
Plural regimens |
regimen (plural regimens)
- Orderly government; system of order; administration.
- Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation.
- (grammar) A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.
References
- regimen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- regimen in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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