Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to regale
Participle: regaled
Gerund: regaling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | regale |
| you | regale |
| he;she;it | regales |
| we | regale |
| you | regale |
| they | regale |
Perfect
| I | have regaled |
| you | have regaled |
| he;she;it | has regaled |
| we | have regaled |
| you | have regaled |
| they | have regaled |
Past
| I | regaled |
| you | regaled |
| he;she;it | regaled |
| we | regaled |
| you | regaled |
| they | regaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had regaled |
| you | had regaled |
| he;she;it | had regaled |
| we | had regaled |
| you | had regaled |
| they | had regaled |
Future
| I | will regale |
| you | will regale |
| he;she;it | will regale |
| we | will regale |
| you | will regale |
| they | will regale |
Future Perfect
| I | will have regaled |
| you | will have regaled |
| he;she;it | will have regaled |
| we | will have regaled |
| you | will have regaled |
| they | will have regaled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | regale |
| you | regale |
| he;she;it | regale |
| we | regale |
| you | regale |
| they | regale |
Perfect
| I | have regaled |
| you | have regaled |
| he;she;it | have regaled |
| we | have regaled |
| you | have regaled |
| they | have regaled |
Imperfect
| I | regaled |
| you | regaled |
| he;she;it | regaled |
| we | regaled |
| you | regaled |
| they | regaled |
Pluperfect
| I | had regaled |
| you | had regaled |
| he;she;it | had regaled |
| we | had regaled |
| you | had regaled |
| they | had regaled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would regale |
| you | would regale |
| he;she;it | would regale |
| we | would regale |
| you | would regale |
| they | would regale |
Perfect
| I | would have regaled |
| you | would have regaled |
| he;she;it | would have regaled |
| we | would have regaled |
| you | would have regaled |
| they | would have regaled |
Imperative
| you | regale |
| we | Let's regale |
| you | regale |
Verbs conjugated like 'regale'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'regale'
regle,
begall,
begaze,
gale,
legate,
negate,
pregage,
pregame,
raggle,
reave,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1656, from Fr.
régaler "to entertain or feast," from O.Fr.
rigale, from
gale "merriment," from
galer "make merry" (see gallant). Influenced in O.Fr. by
se rigoler "amuse oneself, rejoice," of unknown origin. It.
regalo is from Fr.
2. 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. See: Old French '
galer', Middle High German '
begalen', English '
gale', English '
gala'.
Verbs referencing "regale"
Spanish
regalar.
Sample Sentences
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Please, regale us with your best tales!
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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. [2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:]
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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:]
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to regale the taste/the eye/the ear