enregiment

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English

Etymology

From en- +‎ regiment.

Verb

enregiment (third-person singular simple present enregiments, present participle enregimenting, simple past and past participle enregimented)

  1. (transitive) To form into a regiment.
    • 1868, Eyre Evans Crowe, The History of France, volume 5, page 105:
      His idea of order was to enregiment mankind, and his scheme of national happiness to dominate.
    • 2012, Andrew Lang, The History of Scotland, volume 12:
      In London, on Stair's proposal, it was decided to enregiment the Whig clans. Blank commissions and a promise to repay his expenditure of money were sent to Forbes.