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NODE / 0744attestedMiddle English

reguler

TRANSLITERATION reguler

living under or according to a rule

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Middle English
SENSE
living by rule
FAMILY
Indo-European / West Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:2:reguler:attested:sense:living-by-rule

American Heritage foregrounds the religious-rule sense.

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Anglo-French · Anglo-French · rule conforming

reguler

according to rule

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Middle English reguler was borrowed through Anglo-French reguler.
MEANING
The rule-governed adjective crosses into English.
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Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
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established
Regular — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology: Middle English reguler from Anglo-French

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Present-Day English · 14th century–today · rule conforming orderly

regular

conforming to rule, pattern, order, or interval

SOUND
Modern regular continues Middle English reguler through English spelling and sound history.
MEANING
Living by a rule expands to orderly, patterned, recurring, standard, and normal.
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Merriam-Webster reports adjective use in the fourteenth century.
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established
Regular — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsDefinitions, Word History, and First Known Use

Supplies Middle English reguler, modern senses, and fourteenth-century horizon.

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Regular — American Heritage DictionarycontextHeadword definitions and etymology

Independently foregrounds living under a rule.

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Middle Englishreguler→Present-Day English · 14th century–todayregularconforming to rule, pattern, order, or interval
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Modern regular continues Middle English reguler through English spelling and sound history.
MEANING
Living by a rule expands to orderly, patterned, recurring, standard, and normal.
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Regular — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Definitions, Word History, and First Known Use ↗Regular — American Heritage Dictionary · Headword definitions and etymology ↗

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