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noun
Ease  n.  
1.
Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. (Obs.) "They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny."
2.
Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:
(a)
Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. "Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease." "Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching."
(b)
Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. "Among these nations shalt thou find no ease." "Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."
(c)
Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. "True ease in writing comes from art, not chance." "Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please."
At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul shall dwell at ease."
Chapel of ease. See under Chapel.
Ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
To stand at ease (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks.
With ease, easily; without much effort.
Synonyms: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity; facility; easiness; readiness.


verb
Ease  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. eased; pres. part. easing)  
1.
To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquillity to; often with of; as, to ease of pain; to ease the body or mind. "Eased (from) the putting off These troublesome disguises which we wear." "Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load."
2.
To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate. "My couch shall ease my complaint."
3.
To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.
4.
To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. (Obs.)
To ease off, To ease away (Naut.), to slacken a rope gradually.
To ease a ship (Naut.), to put the helm hard, or regulate the sail, to prevent pitching when closehauled.
To ease the helm (Naut.), to put the helm more nearly amidships, to lessen the effect on the ship, or the strain on the wheel rope.
Synonyms: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize; assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.





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"Ease" Quotes from Famous Books



... to be a sufficient guarantee that the manufacture of beet root sugar is not a speculative but a great staple trade, in which the supply can be regulated by the demand, with a precision scarcely attainable in any other ease, and when, in addition, this demand tends rather to increase than to diminish. That the trade is profitable there can also be no doubt from the large capital embarked in it on the Continent—a ...
— The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom • P. L. Simmonds
... as to the preparation of the glasses before coating. It is very generally considered that it is better the glasses receive either a substratum of albumen or very weak gelatine. I use the latter on account of the great ease of its preparation. After your glasses are well cleaned, place them in, and rub them with a weak solution of hydrochloric acid of the strength of 2 ounces ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 483, April 4, 1885 • Various
... enticed us all. And ye behold the great disaster and the death! The man Allan has deserted us all to perish here. Coward in his heart, he has abandoned you as well! Gone once more to safety and ease, below in the Abyss, there to rule the rest of the Folk, there to take wives according to our law, while we ...
— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England
... me to come to a privy with him in school time, and he would show me how to do it. Only two boys were allowed to go to those closets at the same time, during school time. There were two wooden legs with keys hung up on the wall by string: a boy if he wanted to ease himself looked to see if a log and key was hanging up, and if there was, stood out in the centre of the room; by that the master understood what he wanted. If he nodded, the boy took the key and went to the bog-house (no water-closets then), and when he returned, he ...
— My Secret Life, Volumes I. to III. - 1888 Edition • Anonymous
... soon abandoned the place which they had so long and anxiously sought for, and returned towards the coast, parting from the king of Chicanga in much friendship. Thus, though disappointed in their main design of acquiring rich gold mines, the ease with which they had penetrated to the place evinced how great an error had been formerly committed by subjecting Barreto to the direction of Monclaros, who had led him by a tedious and dangerous way merely to gratify his own ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume VI - Early English Voyages Of Discovery To America • Robert Kerr


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