regale

  • 21regale — UK [rɪˈɡeɪl] / US verb [transitive] Word forms regale : present tense I/you/we/they regale he/she/it regales present participle regaling past tense regaled past participle regaled 1) to entertain someone with a story regale someone with something …

    English dictionary

  • 22regale — La cognoissance des causes de Regale appartient neument à la Cour, Causae regaliorum prima, eadem vltimaque disceptatione in Curia exagitantur: vel prima vltimaque sortitione, Budaeus. Le droict de regale, Lex regaliorum, B. Matiere de regale,… …

    Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • 23regale — I. verb (regaled; regaling) Etymology: French régaler, from Middle French, from regale, noun Date: circa 1656 transitive verb 1. to entertain sumptuously ; feast with delicacies 2. to give pleasure or amusement to < regaled us with tall tale …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24Regale — Re|ga|le 〈n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: li|en; früher〉 wirtschaftlich nutzbares Hoheitsrecht; oV ; MünzRegale; PostRegale [Etym.: &LT;lat. regalis »königlich«; zu rex »König«] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • 25regale — re|gale [rıˈgeıl] v regale with [regale sb with sth] phr v [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: régaler, from Old French gale pleasure, fun ] to entertain someone by telling them about something ▪ Bailey regaled the customers with tales of our&#8230; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26regale — re|gale [ rı geıl ] verb transitive 1. ) to entertain someone with stories: regale someone with something: At dinner Grandpa regaled us with tales of his youth. 2. ) to give someone a lot to eat and drink: regale someone with something: The&#8230; …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27RÉGALE — adj. f. Il n est usité que dans cette locution, Eau régale, Liqueur produite par la combinaison de l acide nitrique et de l acide muriatique, et dont les chimistes se servent pour dissoudre l or et le platine …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 28regale — verb Regale is used with these nouns as the object: ↑audience …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 29regale — verb regale sb with sth phrasal verb to entertain someone with something, especially stories: Bailey regaled the customers with tales of our exploits …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30regale — [c]/rəˈgeɪl / (say ruh gayl) verb (regaled, regaling) –verb (t) 1. to entertain agreeably; delight. 2. to entertain with choice food or drink. –verb (i) 3. to feast. –noun Obsolete 4. a choice feast. 5. a choice article of food or drink. 6.&#8230; …