regale
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1. regale - Noun
2. regale - Verb
Meaning
A prerogative of royalty.
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.
To feast; t/ fare sumtuously.
A sumptuous repast; a banquet.
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My grandmother was born in 1900, and she would regale me with tales I call 'Little House on the Prairie' tales, but they were tales of segregated and racist America growing up in Alabama and Mississippi, where she came from.
Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating
She treated her houseguests with good food every night
Melville devotes the following chapter to a discussion of ambergris, with special attention to the irony that "fine ladies and gentlemen should regale themselves with an essence found in the inglorious bowels of a sick whale."
A child migrant who grew up at Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra, he'd regale us with tall tales of misadventure and misbehaviour during his years growing up in state care.
Spend a few hours with Dr. Dyer and he will regale you with stories about the Bigfoot hairs he’s collected, the suspicious footprints he’s found and the evidence he’s collected.