Regal vs. Regale

Regaladjective

Of or relating to royalty.

‘regal authority;’; ‘the regal title’;

Regalenoun

A feast, meal.

Regaladjective

Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.

Regaleverb

(transitive) To please or entertain (someone).

Regalnoun

(musical instruments) A small, portable organ whose sound is produced by beating reeds without amplifying resonators. Its tone is keen and rich in harmonics. The regal was common in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; today it has been revived for the performance of music from those times.

Regaleverb

(transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink.

Regalnoun

An organ stop of the reed family, furnished with a normal beating reed, but whose resonator is a fraction of its natural length. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries these stops took a multitude of forms. Today only one survives that is of universal currency, the so-called Vox Humana.

Regaleverb

To feast (on, with something).

Regaladjective

Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway.

‘He made a scorn of his regal oath.’;

Regaleverb

To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.

‘to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear’;

Regalnoun

A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, - used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Regalenoun

A prerogative of royalty.

Regaladjective

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;

‘golden age of imperial splendor’; ‘purple tyrant’; ‘regal attire’; ‘treated with royal acclaim’; ‘the royal carriage of a stag's head’;

Regalenoun

A sumptuous repast; a banquet.

‘Two baked custards were produced as additions to the regale.’;

Regaleverb

To enerta n in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh; as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.

Regaleverb

To feast; t fare sumtuously.

Regaleverb

provide with choice or abundant food or drink;

‘Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating’; ‘She treated her houseguests with good food every night’;

Regaleverb

entertain or amuse (someone) with talk

‘he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon's meeting’;

Regaleverb

lavishly supply (someone) with food or drink

‘he was regaled with excellent home cooking’;