[See the verb, below.] A magnificent entertainment or treat given to embassadors and other persons of distinction.

[Eng. gale, gallant, jolly; Gr.]

To refresh; to entertain with something that delights; to gratify, as the senses; as, to regale the taste, the eye or the ear. The birds of the forest regale us with their songs.

To feast; to fare sumptuously.