regale
verb (used with object)
to entertain lavishly or agreeably; delight.
have regaled
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present perfectof regale.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I have regaled her with stories which would make a screenwriter envious.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2010
If our guards had been sufficiently relenting, we would willingly have paid them for permission to have regaled ourselves by the way at our own expense.
From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles
Later in the season, on this same shell mound, I might have regaled myself with fresh figs.
From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford
To be sure, I might have regaled you with the amenities of British civilization, and yet been within the supposed rules of civilized warfare.
From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)
You have regaled her with lies all these years; but now it is no longer possible.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
