| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| regale |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·gale |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -g l |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: re·galed, re·gal·ing, re·gales
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To provide with great enjoyment; entertain. See synonyms at amuse. 2. To entertain sumptuously with food and drink; provide a feast for. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To feast. | | NOUN: | 1. A great feast. 2. A choice food; a delicacy. 3. Refreshment. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French régaler, from Old French regal, feast, from gale (influenced by se rigoler, to amuse oneself), from galer, to make merry. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·galement —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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