R[e]gime

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
R'egime \R['e]`gime"\ (r?`zh?m"), n. [F. See {Regimen}.]
   1. Mode or system of rule or management; character of
      government, or of the prevailing social system.
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            I dream . . . of the new r['e]gime which is to come.
                                                  --H. Kingsley.
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   2. (Hydraul.) The condition of a river with respect to the
      rate of its flow, as measured by the volume of water
      passing different cross sections in a given time, uniform
      r['e]gime being the condition when the flow is equal and
      uniform at all the cross sections.
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   {The ancient r['e]gime}, or {Ancien r['e]gime} [F.], the
      former political and social system, as distinguished from
      the modern; especially, the political and social system
      existing in France before the Revolution of 1789.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "regime":
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      vitamin-deficiency diet

    

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