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regale (verb, noun):
verb
1: to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
2: to give pleasure or amusement to
noun
1: a sumptuous feast
2: a choice piece especially of food
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Regale has been an English verb since the early half of the 1600s, having been adapted from the French word régaler. That word traces back to the Middle French verb galer, which means “to have a good time.” (Gala, meaning “a festive celebration,” is from the same source.) Today, regale still applies when someone is entertaining or amusing another, especially by sharing stories. Regale also sometimes functions as a noun meaning “a sumptuous feast.” An early use of the noun appears in the preface to a 1732 dramatic poem by George Granville: “An English stomach … will rise hungry from a regale of nothing but sweet-meats.”
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