enregiment

verb

enregiment

verb

Etymology From en- + regiment.

1

To form into a regiment.

  • His idea of order was to enregiment mankind, and his scheme of national happiness to dominate.1868, Eyre Evans Crowe, The History of France, volume 5, page 105:
  • 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.2012, Andrew Lang, The History of Scotland, volume 12:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.