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In some senses, regale is marked as archaic, obsolete, figuratively, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A feast, a meal.
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.
a choice article of food or drink.
refreshment.
verb
To please or entertain (someone), especially with stories, tales or jokes.
Please, regale us with your best tales!
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.
To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink.
To feast (on, with something).
she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy.
To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.
to regale the taste/the eye/the ear