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Definition of regale verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

regale

verb
 
/rɪˈɡeɪl/
 
/rɪˈɡeɪl/
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French régaler, from re- (expressing intensive force) + Old French gale ‘pleasure’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they regale
 
/rɪˈɡeɪl/
 
/rɪˈɡeɪl/
he / she / it regales
 
/rɪˈɡeɪlz/
 
/rɪˈɡeɪlz/
past simple regaled
 
/rɪˈɡeɪld/
 
/rɪˈɡeɪld/
past participle regaled
 
/rɪˈɡeɪld/
 
/rɪˈɡeɪld/
-ing form regaling
 
/rɪˈɡeɪlɪŋ/
 
/rɪˈɡeɪlɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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adjective
 
 
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