\Reg"i*ment\, v. t.
To form into classified units or bodies; to systematize
according to classes, districts or the like.
      The people are organized or regimented into bodies, and
      special functions are relegated to the several units.
                                               --J. W.
                                               Powell.

\Reg"i*ment\ (-ment), n. [F. r['e]giment a regiment of
men, OF. also government, L. regimentum government, fr.
regere to guide, rule. See {Regimen}.]
1. Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen.
   [Obs.] --Spenser. ``Regiment of health.'' --Bacon.
         But what are kings, when regiment is gone, But
         perfect shadows in a sunshine day?    --Marlowe.
         The law of nature doth now require of necessity some
         kind of regiment.                     --Hocker.
2. A region or district governed. [Obs.] --Spenser.
3. (Mil.) A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery,
   commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of
   companies, usually ten.
Note: In the British army all the artillery are included in
      one regiment, which (reversing the usual practice) is
      divided into brigades.
{Regiment of the line} (Mil.), a regiment organized for
   general service; -- in distinction from those (as the Life
   Guards) whose duties are usually special. [Eng.]

\Reg"i*ment\ (-m?nt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Regimented};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Regimenting}.]
To form into a regiment or into regiments. --Washington.