Regale Definition

rĭ-gāl
regaled, regales, regaling
verb
regaled, regales, regaling
To provide with great enjoyment; entertain.
American Heritage
To entertain by providing a splendid feast.
Webster's New World
To feast.
Webster's New World
To delight with something pleasing or amusing.
Webster's New World

To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
A feast.
Webster's New World
A choice food; delicacy.
Webster's New World
Refreshment.
Webster's New World

Origin of Regale

  • French régaler from Old French regal feast from gale (influenced by se rigoler to amuse oneself) from galer to make merry

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French régale, from Latin rēgāle, from rēgālis

    From Wiktionary

  • From Spanish regalar.

    From Wiktionary

Regale Sentence Examples

  • He clung to his right of regale, or enjoyment of the revenues of bishoprics during their vacancy, though it was at times commuted for a fixed payment.

  • New Year's Party At this point I usually regale you with a report of the doings at our New Year Fancy Dress Party.

  • If that did prove to be the case then we could regale readers with the full story.

  • Mission after mission follows the same boring presentation in which you have to regale the agents with your version.Not having played a lot of the Splinter Cell games, the missions took anywhere from 30-45 minutes to complete.

  • A legitimate seller will only be too happy to regale tales of where and when a piece of memorabilia was signed.

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Words Starting With

RREREG

Words Ending With

ELEALE

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Words Starting With R and Ending With E

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