REGALE

regale, treat

(verb) provide with choice or abundant food or drink; “Don’t worry about the expensive wine--I’m treating”; “She treated her houseguests with good food every night”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

regale (plural regales)

A feast, meal.

Verb

regale (third-person singular simple present regales, present participle regaling, simple past and past participle regaled)

(transitive) To please or entertain (someone). [from 17th c.]

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

(obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something). [17th-19th c.]

(figurative, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.

Anagrams

• Alegre, Eargle, Legare, Reagle, aleger

Source: Wiktionary


Re*ga"le (r*g"l), n. Etym: [LL. regale, pl. regalia, fr. L. regalis: cf. F. régale. See Regal.]

Definition: A prerogative of royalty. [R.] Johnson.

Re*gale" (r*gl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Regaled (-gld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Regaling.] Etym: [F. régaler, Sp. regalar to regale, to caress, to melt, perhaps fr. L. regalare to thaw (cff. Gelatin), or cf. Sp. gala graceful, pleasing address, choicest part of a thing (cf. Gala), or most likely from OF. galer to rejoice, gale pleasure.]

Definition: To enertaas, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.

Re*gale", v. i.

Definition: To feast; t

Re*gale", n. Etym: [F. régal. See Regale, v. t.]

Definition: A sumptuous repast; a banquet. Johnson. Cowper. Two baked custards were produced as additions to the regale. E. E. Hale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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