regest

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/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛst/

noun

A register.

OriginLatin regesta →
Scrabble 7
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Meanings

regest1

nounregest (plural regests)

plural regests

  1. obsoleteA register.

    But who was cheif among the Britans in this exploit, had bin worth remembring, whether it were Maglocune of whose prowess hath bin spok’n, or Teudric King of Glamorgan, whom the regest of Landaff recounts to have bin alwaies victorious in fight; […]

    1670, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 134

regest2

verbregest (third-person singular simple present regests, present participle regesting, simple past and past participle regested)

present singular third person regests · participle present regesting · participle past regested · past regested

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo throw back.

Origin

  1. Latinregesta
  2. Englishregest

From Latin regesta, plural: compare Old French regestes, plural. See register.

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APA

regest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regest

MLA

“regest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “regest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/regest.

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