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Word entry · 6 letters

regale

Best crossword clue

"Entertain lavishly"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈɡeɪl/Part of speech verbSorted aeeglrStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. provide with choice or abundant food or drink

Word origin

From French régaler (“to entertain, feast”), from Old French regale, rigale, from gale (“merriment”), probably of Germanic origin (see Old French galer). Influenced by Old French se rigoler (“amuse oneself, rejoice”), of unknown origin. Compare Middle High German begalen (“to charm; enchant”), English gale (“to sing; charm”). Compare also English gala.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Please, regale us with your best tales!
  • she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy.

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