Regale

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rɪˈɡeɪl/, /rəˈɡeɪl/
• Rhymes: -eɪl

From French régale, from Latin rēgāle, from rēgālis

Full definition of regale

Noun

1. A feast, meal.

From Spanish regalar.

Verb

1. (transitive) To please or entertain (someone). from 17th c.
2. (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. from 17th c.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something). 17th-19th c.
• 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, V:she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy.
4. (figurative) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear