regardless

[Eng. regard; -le . ] 1. Not having regard or respect; heedle , carele , negligent, neglectful. "Charles, even at a ripe age, was devoted to his pleasures and regardle of his dignity." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. ii. *2. Not regarded; slighted, unheeded. ( Congreve .) re-gard-le -lỹ, adv . [Eng. regardle : -ly.] In a regardle manner; heedle ly, carele ly, negligently. "I pa by them regardle ly ." -Sandys: E ays, p. 189. rě-gard-le -ne , s . [Eng. regardle ; -ne .] The quality or state of being regardle ; heedle ne , carele ne . "Their regardle ne of men and ways of thriving." Whitlock: Manners of the English. rě-găth-er, v. t. [Prefix re-, and English gather (q. v.).] To gather or collect again or anew. IMG:content-0370.png:[blocks in formation] Re-gěl, s . [RIGEL.] re-gel-āte, v. i. [Pref. re-; Lat. gelatio =a freezing.] To undergo regelation (q. v.). re-gel-ā-tion, s. [Prefix re-, and Mod. Latin gelatio =freezing.] Physics: The union by freezing together of two pieces of ice, with moist surfaces when placed in contact at a temperature of 32. Regelation will take place also between moist ice and any non-conducting body, as flannel or sawdust. A snowball is formed by the regelation of the particles composing it, so are the snow bridges spanning chasms on high mountains. The fact of regelation was discovered by Faraday, and the term introduced by Sir Joseph Hooker, Huxley, and Tyndall. [GLACIER.] *rë-gençe, s. (Fr.) Government, regency. "That swore to any human regence Oaths of supremacy." Butler: Hudibras, II. ii. 275. rë-gen-çř, *re-gen-cie, s . [Fr. régence, from Low Lat. regent i a , from Lat. regens regent (q.v.); Sp. regencia ; Ital. reggenza .] *1. Rule, government, authority. "She had the prerogative of the regencie over the greatest king do me." -P . Holland : Pliny , bk. vi., ch. xx. 2. Specifically, the office, government, or jurisdiction of a regent; deputed or vicarious government; regentship. "York then, which had the regency in France." Drayton: Miseries of Queen Margaret. 3. The district or territory governed by a regent. ( Milton : P. L., v. 748.) 4. The body of men intrusted with the office or duties of regent. "A council or regency consisting of twelve persons." Bp. Lowth. 5. The time during which the government is carried on by a regent. *rē-gen-der, *re-gen-dre, v . t . [Pref. re-, and Eng. gender, v. (q. v.) To gender anew; to renew, to rekindle. "Furth spirits fyre freshlye regendered ." Stanyhurst: Virgil's Æneid, ii. 496. rě-gen-er-a-çỹ, s. [English regenera (te); -cy.] The quality or state of being regenerated. "Called from the depth of sin to regeneracy and salvation."-Hammond: Works , iv. 686. rě-ġen-er-āte, v. t. [REGENERATE, a.] 1. Ord. Lang.: To generate or produce arew; to reproduce. "Which regenerates and repairs veins consumed or cut off."-Cudworth: Intell. System, p. 167. 2. Theol .: To cause to be born again; to cause one, hitherto born only of the "flesh," to be born of the Spirit; so to change the heart and affections that one at enmity with God shall love him; that one, hitherto the slave of sin, shall be set free from its power by the action of the Holy Spirit upon his heart. REGENERATION.] 3399