Regale
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˈɡeɪl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Regale is a noun meaning (transitive) To please or entertain (someone), especially with stories, tales or jokes.
Meaning
(transitive) To please or entertain (someone), especially with stories, tales or jokes.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink.
- (figurative, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.
- (rare) A feast, a meal.
- (archaic) a choice article of food or drink.
- (archaic) refreshment.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something).
Example Sentences
to regale the taste/the eye/the ear
Please, regale us with your best tales!
she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy.
And now a maiden […] ſupplied them, next, / With a reſplendent table, which the chaſte / Directreſs of the ſtores furniſh'd with bread / And dainties, remnants of the laſt regale.
Word Forms
- regales
- regaling
- regaled
Synonyms for regale
Depending on context, synonyms include treat.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include treat, amuse, banquet, revel, regalement, solemnity.
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