REGIME
Ré`gime" (r`zhm"), n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: 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 Etym: [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 (rj"*mn), n. Etym: [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.),
Defn: 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 (-ment), n. Etym: [F. régiment a regiment of men, OF. also
government, L. regimentum government, fr. regere to guide, rule. See
Regimen.]