enregiment
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]enregiment (third-person singular simple present enregiments, present participle enregimenting, simple past and past participle enregimented)
- (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.