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/ˈizɪŋ/ Listen

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.

noun

easing n.

1.

A change for the better.

Synonyms: moderation, relief.

2.

The act of reducing something unpleasant, such as pain.

Synonyms: alleviation, relief.

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Etymology of 'Easing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Easing" Quotes from Famous Books

... Marlow. He reflected also very severely on the evidence given against him by Mr. Burton, which he said was the very reverse of the truth. Burton having often solicited him to go upon the highway as the shortest method of easing his misfortunes and bringing ...

— Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences • Arthur L. Hayward

... leaning over and taking part in an urgent whispered conference with a thin dark-faced man in a sharply tailored suit. They reached some sort of agreement; there was a handshake. Then Hawkes left the booth and slung one of Steve's dangling arms around his own shoulder, easing the weight. ...

— Starman's Quest • Robert Silverberg

... sidesaddle, so after trying several different saddles she commenced the walk down hill with her guide leading her horse, and commanded me to ride on with the other. By this time the sun was pouring down and my horse was slowly fastening one foot after another in the rocks and earth and thus carefully easing me down the steeps, while my guide baited me on by saying, "You are doing nicely, that is the worst place on the trail," when the fact was it hardly began ...

— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper

... itself upon me with the power of an oracular utterance warning me to cease my palterings with fate. My reason now rebuked me like a stern judge, dissecting all false pleas and laying bare their weakness. What right had I, now knowing myself incurable, even to dream of easing my own pain by darkening and despoiling a second life? The love of solitude was now more to me than even the love of a wife; it would surely come between us like a strange woman, and fill a pure heart with bitterness. ...

— Apologia Diffidentis • W. Compton Leith

... made us to love like himself, and like himself long to help; if there are for whom we, like him, would give our lives to lift them from the evil gulf of their ungodliness; if the love in us would, for the very easing of the love he kindled, gift another—like himself who chooses and cherishes even the love that pains him; if, in the midst of a sore need to bless, to give, to help, we are aware of an utter impotence; if the fire burns and cannot ...

— Unspoken Sermons - Series I., II., and II. • George MacDonald

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