Definition of regales Regales
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What does regales mean?
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| regale - 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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| cater, supply, ply, provide supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets | ||
| wine treat to wine; "Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week" | ||
| alcoholize make alcoholic, as by fermenting; "alcoholize prunes" | ||
| feast, feed partake in a feast or banquet | ||
| treat provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- regale (n.)
A prerogative of royalty. - regale (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. - regale (v. i.)
To feast; t/ fare sumtuously. - regale (v. t.)
A sumptuous repast; a banquet.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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regale
rē-gāl′, 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. [Fr. régaler, derived by Diez, like Sp. regalar, from L. regelāre, to thaw. Scheler prefers to connect with O. Fr. galer, to rejoice (cf. Gala), and Skeat follows him.]
