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reg·i·ment     (rěj'ə-mənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A military unit of ground troops consisting of at least two battalions, usually commanded by a colonel.
  2. A large group of people.
tr.v.   (rěj'ə-měnt') reg·i·ment·ed, reg·i·ment·ing, reg·i·ments
  1. To form into a regiment.
  2. To put into systematic order; systematize.
  3. To subject to uniformity and rigid order.

[Middle English, government, rule, from Old French, from Late Latin regimentum, rule, from Latin regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
reg'i·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj., reg'i·men'tal·ly adv., reg'i·men·ta'tion n.
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