REGIMEN

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Orderly government; system of order; adminisration. Hallam.

2.
n.

Any regulation or remedy which is intended to produce beneficial effects by gradual operation; esp. (Med.),

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

A syntactical relation between words, as when one depends on another and is regulated by it in respect to case or mood; government.

5.
n.

The word or words governed.


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