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Definition of "regale" [‖Re•ga•le•re•gale]

  • To provide with great enjoyment; entertain. See Synonyms at amuse. (verb-transitive)
  • To entertain sumptuously with food and drink; provide a feast for. (verb-transitive)
  • To feast. (verb-intransitive)
  • A great feast. (noun)
  • A choice food; a delicacy. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "regale" in a sentence
  • "Buy should the CHICKS (I’ll use that loosely), wish to hail me, regale is perhaps better suited, regale me as Havsy, then I guess I can find it within my magnanimous in victory, balanced and carefree fun loving nature to permit it. ya gotta throw the minions something every now and then."
  • "The meeting of the clergy had been called forth by the eternal discussions of the civil power with the court of Rome on the question of the rights of regale, that is to say, the rights of the sovereign to receive the revenues of vacant bishoprics, and to appoint to benefices belonging to them."
  • "An extra allowance of rum, and a little flour to make cakes and puddings, constitute a "regale;" and they forget all their toils and troubles in the song and dance."