||Re"gi*us (r?l"?*?s), a. [L. regius, from rex, regis, a king.] Of or
||pertaining to a king; royal.
Regius professor, an incumbent of a professorship founded by royal
bounty, as in an English university.
Re*give" (r?*g?v"), v. t. To give again; to give back.
Re"gle (r?g"'l), v. t. [See Reglement.] To rule; to govern. [Obs.] "To
regle their lives." Fuller.
Re"gle*ment (r?g"'l*ment), n. [F. réglement, fr. régler, L. regulare.
See Regulate.] Regulation. [Obs.]
The reformation and reglement of usury.
Bacon.
Reg`le*men"ta*ry (-l?*m?n"t?*r?), a. [F. réglementaire, fr. réglement.]
Regulative. [R.]
Reg"let (r?g"l?t), n. [F. réglet, dim. of règle a rule, L. regula. See
Rule.] 1. (Arch.) A flat, narrow molding, used chiefly to separate the
parts or members of compartments or panels from one another, or
doubled, turned, and interlaced so as to form knots, frets, or other
ornaments. See Illust. (12) of Column.
2. (Print.) A strip of wood or metal of the height of a quadrat, used
for regulating the space between pages in a chase, and also for spacing
out title-pages and other open matter. It is graded to different sizes,
and designated by the name of the type that it matches; as, nonpareil
reglet, pica reglet, and the like.
||Reg"ma (r?g"m?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, -&?;&?;&?;, fracture,
||fr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?;&?; to break.] (Bot.) A kind of dry fruit,
||consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open
||at the inner angle.
Reg"ma*carp (-k?rp), n. [Regma + Gr. &?;&?;&?; fruit.] (Bot.) Any dry
dehiscent fruit.
Reg"nal (r?g"nal), a. [L. regnum reign.] Of or pertaining to the reign
of a monarch; as, regnal years.
Reg"nan*cy (-nan*s?), n. The condition or quality of being regnant;
sovereignty; rule. Coleridge.
Reg"nant (-nant), a. [L. regnans, -antis, p. pr. of regnare to reign:
cf. F régnant. See Reign.] 1. Exercising regal authority; reigning; as,
a queen regnant.
2. Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent. "A traitor
to the vices regnant." Swift.