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Eased   /izd/   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.


adjective
eased  adj.  Made less severe or intense; mitigated.
Synonyms: alleviated, relieved.





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"Eased" Quotes from Famous Books



... have likewise eased us of, if that could be esteem'd a burthen, to serve so excellent a Prince, who receives nothing of his Subjects but what he returnes again in the Noblest and worthiest Hospitality, that any Potentate in earth can produce; Thus what the Rivers pay to the Ocean, it returns ...
— An Apologie for the Royal Party (1659); and A Panegyric to Charles the Second (1661) • John Evelyn
... is all alike," answered Mother comfortingly, only in a measure taking in the tentative observation. "They're all kinder co'ting tongue-tied. They have to be eased along attentive, all 'cept Buck Peavey, who'd like to eat Pattie up same as a cannibal, I'm thinking, and don't mind who knows it. Now the supper is all on the simmer and can be got ready in no time. Let's me and you walk down to the front gate and watch ...
— The Road to Providence • Maria Thompson Daviess
... loves more, my thoughts loyalty, and my fancy faith: all devoted in humble devoir[1] to the service of Phoebe; and shall I reap no reward for such fealties? The swain's daily labors is quit with the evening's hire, the ploughman's toil is eased with the hope of corn, what the ox sweats out at the plough he fatteneth at the crib; but infortunate Montanus hath no salve for his sorrows, nor any hope of recompense for the hazard of his perplexed passions. If, Phoebe, ...
— Rosalynde - or, Euphues' Golden Legacy • Thomas Lodge
... a physician being sent for, and something of the real cause of my illness being known, he ordered me to be let blood; after which I had relief, and grew well: but I verily believe, if I had not been eased by a vent given in that manner to the spirits, I ...
— The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Of York, Mariner, Vol. 1 • Daniel Defoe
... early recommended the same system of defence for the English on the Ohio; and, after Braddock's defeat, advised "the erection of small fortresses at convenient places to deposit provisions in, by which means the country will be eased of an immense expense in the carriage, and it will also be a means of securing a retreat if we should be put to the ...
— Elements of Military Art and Science • Henry Wager Halleck


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