[reg.i.ment] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL regimentum, fr. L regere] (14c) 1 archaic: governmental rule
2: a military unit consisting usu. of a number of battalions
[2]reg.i.ment vt (1617) 1: to form into or assign to a regiment
2. a: to organize rigidly esp. for the sake of regulation or control "~ an entire country" b: to subject to order or uniformity -- reg.i.men.ta.tion n