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▪ I. ‖ regale, n.1|rɪˈgeɪlɪ, F. regal|
[a. F. régale (ad. L. rēgālia), or L. rēgāle, neut. sing. of rēgālis regal a. See also regalia1.]
1. Eccl. Hist. The right, on the part of the kings of France, of enjoying the revenues of vacant bishoprics and abbacies, and of presenting to benefices dependent on these.
‘The enjoyment of the fruits of the see is called the temporal regale; that of presenting the benefices, the spiritual regale’. Chambers Cycl. (1727–38), copying the Dict. de Trévoux.
1611Cotgr. s.v. Regale, In Normandie when diuers Lords are at suit for the Patronage of a vacant Benefice, the King, by this right of Regale, enioyes the profits of it vntill the suit be ended, or they agreed. 1682News fr. France 16, I know your Curiosity in this affair of the Regale makes you more than ordinary concerned to know the true State of it. a1715Burnet Own Time iii. (1724) I. 595 The Pope..found also fault with many of the proceedings in France, with relation to the Regale. 1839Hallam Hist. Lit. iv. ii. §2 Louis XIV..extended in 1673 the ancient prerogative, called the regale, by which the king enjoyed the revenues of vacant bishoprics, to all the kingdom.
†2. A privilege or prerogative of royalty. Obs.
More frequently used in pl.; see regalia1 1.
1714Nicolson Eng. Hist. Libr. ii. iv. (ed. 2) 117 We must (in this place) so understand the Author, as if he had not any Design to state the extent of the Regale. 1797W. Johnston tr. Beckmann's Invent. III. 20 The State..availed itself of that regale called by Leyser regale falsae monetae, and returned the capital in money of an inferior value.
†3. Chem. (See quot.) Obs.—0
1650J. F[rench] Chym. Dict., Regale is a Ciment whereby Gold is purged. [Hence in Phillips (1678) and Bailey.]
4. The specific epithet of Lilium regale, used to designate a fragrant, white-flowered lily of the species so called, which was discovered in China by E. H. Wilson in 1903 and named by him in 1912 (Horticulture XVI. 110). Also attrib.
1935Woodcock & Coutts Lilies i. 3 Then came the epoch-making introduction of that choice representative of the genus, justly called regale. 1949H. Nicolson Let. 15 June (1968) 171 Out of this jungle growth I wish regale to rise. I know it means keeping regale seeds each year. 1962R. Page Educ. Gardener viii. 236 The regale lilies open their cream-pink trumpets. 1963W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 174 The Madonna lily is to the Regale lily as is the Parthenon to the Mansion House. Ibid., Regale smells like a Bond Street hairdresser's.
▪ II. regale, n.2|rɪˈgeɪl|
[a. obs. F. régale fem. (now régal masc.), ad. It. regalo regalo.]
1. a. A choice repast, feast, or banquet; † an entertainment or fête.
1670R. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 483 My Lord Duke will not be able to get away yet.., all the regales that are intended for him not being yet at an end. 1691J. Wilson Belphegor iii. i, I beseech ye Gentlemen,..I hope you'll take share of a short Regale. 1726–31Waldron Descr. Isle of Man (1865) 70 A little valley..was the place they made choice on for their rendezvous and regale. 1784Cowper Tiroc. 834 Their breath a sample of last night's regale. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xv, This sort of impromptu regale, it was Shirley's delight to offer any chance guests. 1897E. Coues New Light Early Hist. Greater Northwest I. 8 All were merry over their favorite regale, which is always given on their departure, and generally enjoyed at this spot, where we have a delightful meadow to pitch our tents, and plenty of elbow-room for the men's antics. 1922E. R. Eddison Worm Ouroboros xxxiii. 429 That night was supper set in Lord Juss's private chamber: a light regale, yet most sumptuous.
b. Const. of (the dainties provided).
1791F. Burney Jrnl. Aug. (1972) I. 46 There was a grand regale of sweetmeats, fruits, & cakes. 1796Stedman Surinam (1813) II. xvii. 22 Another negro also brought me a regale of groe-groe or cabbage tree worms. 1835W. Irving Tour Prairies xxii, Tonish served up to us his promised regale of buffalo soup and buffalo beef.
c. transf. or fig.
1684Contempl. St. Man ii. vi. (1699) 188 The Damned..would take it for a great Regale, to have a Dunghil for their Bed, instead of the burning Coals of that Eternal Fire. 1728Morgan Algiers I. iv. 98 The Camels are to them the very Nerves of War and the Regales of Peace. 1773F. Burney Early Diary (1889) I. 192, I venture at no further opinion than that to me the sight was a great regale. 1842W. Irving in Life (1866) III. 225 This pageant..is a regale of which we never get tired.
2. A choice article of food or form of refreshment; a dainty.
1673Ray Journ. Low C. 37 The Indian Betle which is very stomachical and a great Regale at visits. 1725Portland MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 140 This regale is composed of an ordinary broth well stuffed with bread. 1791Gentl. Mag. LXI. ii. 720, I may therefore hope..to see the tables adorned with the regale of Devonshire cream. 1845Browning Englishman in Italy 92 The snails Tempted out by this first rainy weather,—Your best of regales.
3. Regalement, refreshment.
1753School of Man 101 The whole skill of Cookery is employed in food the most delicate for its regale. 1820Lamb Elia Ser. i. Christ's Hosp., Viands of higher regale than those cates which the ravens ministered to the Tishbite. 1841D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 262 That volume probably reposes for the regale of the next century.
†4. A complimentary present. Obs. rare.
1728Morgan Algiers II. iv. 275 Don Juan wrote to the Spanish Governor of Bujeya, that among the Presents and Regales he was to send him and his Companions, against Christmas, he should not forget a But filled with Swords. 1744H. Walpole Lett. (1846) II. 2, I had been threatened with a regale of hams and Florence wine.
▪ III. regale, v.|rɪˈgeɪl|
[ad. F. régaler (Cotgr.), It. regalare, Sp. and Pg. regalar: see regalo.
Mabbe (1622) in his translation of Aleman's Guzman d'Alfarache I. 230 and 242, uses the Sp. infinitive regalar.]
1. trans. To entertain or feast (a person, etc.) in a choice manner. Also ironical (quot. 1822).
1656Blount Glossogr., To Regale,..to Feast or entertain with rarities. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 34 When they would regale any Friend that comes to see them, they cause a Dish of Coffee to be brought to him. 1713Steele Guard. No. 6 ⁋3 Sir Harry has for ever a year's income, to extend his charity, serve his pleasures, or regale his friends. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VIII. 102 It will..plunder them of their honey-bag, with which it flies triumphantly loaded to its nest to regale its young. 1822Cobbett Weekly Reg. 29 June 795/1 Those beans and other..wholesome materials with which the honest contractors used to regale us. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville II. 42 Regaling each other in the best style their respective camps afforded. 1848Dickens Dombey viii, She was regaled with rice.
b. Of things: To furnish (one) with a choice feast or refreshment.
a1721Prior Wand. Pilgr. 12 Adam's Ale, Pure Element no Life can give, Or mortal Soul regale. 1727Gay Fables i. xvii, The thefts of night regal'd the day. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) II. i. i. 39 The food which regaled the old Scythians in the heroic age of Greece.
2. To gratify or delight (the mind) by some pleasing influence or occupation; to entertain (a person) in a highly agreeable manner. Also ironical (quot. 1856).
1671Woodhead St. Teresa i. x. 56 If in these reflections, the party be possessed and seized with any love of God, the Soul is all regaled. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 89 ⁋4 The art of regaling his mind with those airy gratifications [of fancy]. 1785F. Burney Diary 16 Dec., These fancies, however, only regaled me while I continued a quiet spectator. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. ix. 95 Then the few tired out⁓workers are regaled by the groans and tossing of the sick. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) II. 77 Until he has delivered up the speech with which Lysias has regaled him.
b. To affect with a pleasurable sensation.
1703J. Phillips Splendid Shilling 19, I..with a warming Puff Regale chill'd Fingers. a1763Shenstone Elegies x. 23 The peach's vernal bud regal'd his eye. 1784Cowper Task iii. 621 The sight is pleased, The scent regaled. 1850H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. ii. 119 The eye and the ear, and all the senses, are regaled amidst woodland scenery on a fine spring day.
3. To gratify, please, delight, by a gift, deference, etc. rare.
1671tr. Frejus' Voy. Mauritania 17 Whom I regaled with some small present,..and afterwards caused them to be rowed to land. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 172 ⁋13 The sycophant..regales his [a patron's] reigning vanity.
4. refl. To entertain or recreate (oneself) with food, drink, or amusement.
[1656Blount Glossogr., To Regale, to make as much account, and take as great a care of ones self, as if one were a King.] 1719De Foe Crusoe i. viii, I repos'd my self here a Week, to rest and regale my self after my long Journey. 1771J. Adams Diary 8 June, I must make a pool..for the cool spring water..that the cattle and hogs and ducks may regale themselves here. 1827Perils & Captivity (Constable's Misc.) 219 Our masters regaled themselves with the raw fat of the goat. 1869Lecky Europ. Mor. I. 298 Heliogabalus and Galerius are reported..to have regaled them⁓selves with the sight of criminals torn by wild beasts.
5. intr. To feast; const. on, upon, with.
1678in A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. (1810) III. 150, I killed a peacock... We regaled upon it, and ate it as if it had been the most delicious morsel we had yet met with. 1749Fielding Tom Jones viii. viii, While Tom Jones..was regaling in the parlour. Ibid. x. iv, To regale with..dainties. 1783Cowper Epit. on a Hare 17 On twigs of hawthorn he regaled. 1849C. Brontë Shirley i, Mr. Donne had kindly invited his brethren to regale with him. 1860Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 57 Some browsing on the juicy trees,..and others regaling on the fresh roots of high mimosas.
transf.1814Jane Austen Mansf. Park ii, Mrs. Norris..thus regaled in the credit of being foremost to welcome her. |