regale
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Is regale a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (rare) A feast, a meal.Examples: "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."; "The noise from the servants' hall was rendered more acutely painful by her headach; for her aunt, partly with a view of annoying her niece, whom she disliked—as we always dislike those we have used ill—had left orders for a general regale."rare
2. (archaic) a choice article of food or drink.archaic
3. (archaic) refreshment.archaic
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To please or entertain (someone).Examples: "You’ve Got Mail is certainly the basic model for the plot, which finds corporate candy shill Joel ([Paul] Rudd) and indie-sweetshop owner Molly ([Amy] Poehler) regaling their dinner companions with the very long, digressive story of how they met and fell in love."transitive
2. (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink.transitive
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something).Examples: "she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy."intransitiveobsolete
4. (figurative, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.Examples: "to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear"figurativelytransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary