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Regale has been an English verb since the early half of the 1600s, having been adapted from the French word régaler. That word traces back to the Middle French verb galer, which means “to have a good time.” (Gala, meaning “a festive celebration,” is from the same source.) Today, regale still applies when someone is entertaining or amusing another, especially by sharing stories. Regale also sometimes functions as a noun meaning “a sumptuous feast.” An early use of the noun appears in the preface to a 1732 dramatic poem by George Granville: “An English stomach … will rise hungry from a regale of nothing but sweet-meats.”
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Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2024
The better-resourced festivals bring in talent to regale the Academy members on hand, from the Hamptons and Woodstock to Savannah.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2024
Attendees learned some pointers to help them in that particularly pesky endeavor, while Zoeller regaled them with tales of his whiskey voyages across the seven seas.
—Brad Japhe, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
At the Dorchester Hotel that night, an art lender regaled me with reams of, sadly off the record, art world gossip.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Regale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/regale. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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