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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.

adjective

eased adj. Made less severe or intense; mitigated.

Synonyms: alleviated, relieved.

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Etymology of 'Eased'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Eased" Quotes from Famous Books

... the man about the bullet. Born and bred in the mountains, he knew that that would be an unpardonable breach of etiquette. But the wounded man was uneasy, and when he was eased of his pain, he ...

— The River Prophet • Raymond S. Spears

... beautiful as the dead form looked, and guiltless as Septimius must be held in causing his death, still he felt as if he should be eased when it was under the ground. He hastened down to the house, and brought up a shovel and a pickaxe, and began his unwonted task of grave-digging, delving earnestly a deep pit, sometimes pausing in his toil, while the sweat-drops ...

— Septimius Felton - or, The Elixir of Life • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... noticed, were ever straying As if impatient to be playing 85 Upon this pipe, as low it dangled Over his vesture so old-fangled.) "Yet," said he, "poor piper as I am, In Tartary I freed the Cham, Last June, from his huge swarms of gnats; 90 I eased in Asia the Nizam Of a monstrous brood of vampire-bats: And as for what your brain bewilders, If I can rid your town of rats Will you give me a thousand guilders?" 95 "One? fifty thousand!"—was the exclamation Of the astonished ...

— Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning • Robert Browning

... in the little hotel put its head under its wing at ten-thirty and it was now almost eleven, so Honor set out on foot to do the three flights between her and her room. She ran lightly because she felt suddenly eased of a crushing burden; Stepper, good old Stepper, was on guard; Stepper was standing watch for her. There was a little writing-room and sun parlor on the second floor, dim now, with only one shaded light still burning, and as she crossed it a figure rose so startlingly from a deep ...

— Play the Game! • Ruth Comfort Mitchell

... think? The youth was sorry for the awful fright of the poor girl, and so glad of the little thing that eased his own humiliation. The girl—who can tell what a ...

— Bart Ridgeley - A Story of Northern Ohio • A. G. Riddle

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