Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
REGALE
regale, treat
(verb) provide with choice or abundant food or drink; âDonât worry about the expensive wine--Iâm treatingâ; âShe treated her houseguests with good food every nightâ
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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