regale

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To provide with great enjoyment; entertain. See Synonyms at amuse.
2. v. To entertain sumptuously with food and drink; provide a feast for.
3. v. To feast.
4. n. A great feast.
5. n. A choice food; a delicacy.
6. n. Refreshment.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To entertain sumptuously or delightfully; feast or divert with that which is highly pleasing; gratify, as the senses: as, to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear.
2. To feast; have pleasure or diversion.
3. n. A choice repast; a regalement, entertainment, or treat; a carouse.
4. n. A privilege, prerogative, or right of property pertaining to the sovereign of a state by virtue of his office. The regalia are usually reckoned to be six—namely, the power of judicature; of life and death; of war and peace; of masterless goods, as estrays, etc.; of assessments; and of minting of money.
5. n. In ecclesiastical history, the power of the sovereign in ecclesiastical affairs. In monarchical countries where the papal authority is recognized by the state, the regale is usually defined by a concordat with the papal see; in other monarchical countries it takes the form of the royal supremacy (see supremacy). In medieval times especially the regale involved the right of enjoyment of the revenues of vacant bishoprics, and of presentation to all ecclesiastical benefices or positions above the ordinary parochial cures during the vacancy of a see. These rights were exercised by the Norman and Plantagenet kings of England and by the French kings from the eleventh century onward with constantly widening application and increased insistence till the time of Louis XIV. Opposed to pontificale. See investiture.
6. n. plural Ensigns of royalty; the apparatus of a coronation, as the crown, scepter, etc. The regalia of England consist of the crown, the scepter with the cross, the verge or rod with the dove, the so-called staff of Edward the Confessor, several swords, the ampulla for the sacred oil, the spurs of chivalry, and several other pieces. These are preserved in the jewel-room in the Tower of London. The regalia of Scotland consist of the crown, the scepter, and the sword of state. They, with several other regal decorations, are exhibited in the crown-room in the castle of Edinburgh.
7. n. plural The insignia, decorations, or “jewels” of an order, as of the Freemasons.

Wiktionary

1. n. A feast, meal.
2. v. transitive To provide a meal and entertainment for someone.
3. v. transitive To please someone with entertainment.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. rare A prerogative of royalty.
2. v. To enerta�n in a regal or sumptuous manner; to enrtertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.
3. v. To feast; t� fare sumtuously.
4. n. A sumptuous repast; a banquet.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. provide with choice or abundant food or drink