regale

verb

to please or delight with some agreeable activity

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈɡeɪl/ / /ɹəˈɡeɪl/ / /ɹɪˈɡæɪl/

noun

Etymology: 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.

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”