REGALE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they regale ... he / she / it regales

Past simple: regaled

Past participle: regaled

-ing form: regaling

Meaning:

Provide with choice or abundant food or drink

Example:

She treated her houseguests with good food every night

Synonyms:

regale; treat

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "regale" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Verb group:

treat (provide with a gift or entertainment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regale"):

wine (treat to wine)

alcoholize (subject to the influence of alcohol)

feast; feed (gratify)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP