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regales

regales is the third-person singular simple present indicative of regale.

Meaning of regale

Verb

regale (third-person singular simple present regales, present participle regaling, simple past and past participle regaled)

  1. (transitive) To please or entertain (someone), especially with stories, tales or jokes.
    • Please, regale us with your best tales!
  2. (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) 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.1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section V
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.
    • to regale the taste/the eye/the ear

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Questions about regales

What is regales the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Regales is the third-person singular simple present indicative of regale.

Words near regales in the dictionary

  1. regaled
  2. regalement
  3. regalements
  4. regaler
  5. regalers
  6. regales
  7. regalest
  8. regaleth
  9. regalia
  10. regalia majora
  11. regalia minora

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