MEANING
To entertain someone with stories or lively details.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- regale with stories
- regale an audience
On the page
He regaled the guests with stories of the crossing.
Word forms
- Base
- regale
- Past tense
- regaled
- Past participle
- regaled
- Present participle
- regaling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- regale
- Present continuous
- am/is/are regaling
- Present perfect
- have/has regaled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been regaling
- Past
- regaled
- Past continuous
- was/were regaling
- Past perfect
- had regaled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been regaling
- Future
- will regale
- Future continuous
- will be regaling
- Future perfect
- will have regaled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been regaling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: regale; regales; regaled; regaled; regaling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: regales.
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