regest

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛst/

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

regest (plural regests)

1. (obsolete) A register.
   • 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:

     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; […]

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

1. (obsolete, transitive) To throw back.

• regets, Geerts, Geters, Steger, Egerts, Strege, egrets, greets

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regest

1. second-person singular subjunctive I of regen