Regale
[rɪ'geɪl] or [rɪ'ɡel]
Definition
(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'.
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Definition
(n.) A prerogative of royalty.
(v. t.) To enerta/n in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.
(v. i.) To feast; t/ fare sumtuously.
(v. t.) A sumptuous repast; a banquet.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Entertain, refresh, gratify.
n. Banquet or feast (for a royal personage).
Typist: Willie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Feast, entertain, gratify, delight, refresh
ANT:Starve, stint, tantalize
Editor: Randolph
Definition
v.t. to entertain in a sumptuous manner: to refresh: to gratify.—v.i. to feast.—n. a regal or magnificent feast.—ns. Regale′ment the act of regaling: entertainment: refreshment; Regā′ler.
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Examples
- Still, however, it was her private regale. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Mr. Donne has kindly invited his brethren to regale with him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Anthony Humm now moved that the assembly do regale itself with a song. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Mr. Weller regaled himself with moderation at the nearest tavern until it was nearly dusk, and then returned to the lane without the thoroughfare. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At all hours of the day and night in walking the streets, the eye was regaled, on every block near the water front, by the sight of players at faro. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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