ease
    n 1: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose
         through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into
         containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness
         of the deed held her back" [syn: ease, easiness,
         simplicity, simpleness] [ant: difficultness,
         difficulty]
    2: a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a
       comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all
       the material comforts of this world" [syn: ease, comfort]
    3: the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially
       after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief
       from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him
       some ease" [syn: relief, ease]
    4: freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease
       with strangers" [syn: ease, informality]
    5: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
       "took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease,
       repose, relaxation]
    v 1: move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"
    2: lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your
       legs" [syn: comfort, ease]
    3: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing
       your knowledge" [syn: facilitate, ease, alleviate]
    4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my
       conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay,
       relieve, ease]

Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Eased ([=e]zd);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Easing.] [OE. esen, eisen, OF. aisier. See
   Ease, n.]
   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.
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            Eased [from] the putting off
            These troublesome disguises which we wear. --Milton.
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            Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.
                                                  --Dryden.
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   2. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to
      alleviate.
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            My couch shall ease my complaint.     --Job vii. 13.
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   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.
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   4. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations. [Obs.]
      --Chaucer.
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   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. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

   Syn: To relieve; disburden; quiet; calm; tranquilize;
        assuage; alleviate; allay; mitigate; appease; pacify.
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Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr.
   ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L.
   ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.]
   1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation;
      entertainment. [Obs.]
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            They him besought
            Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer.
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   2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:
      (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation;
          as, ease of body.
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                Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.
                                                  --Herbert.
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                Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.
                                                  --Swift.
      (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys
          or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security;
          as, ease of mind.
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                Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.
                                                  --Deut.
                                                  xxviii. 65.
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                Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
                                                  --Luke xii.
                                                  19.
      (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty,
          embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness;
          -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of
          behavior, of address.
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                True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
                                                  --Pope.
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                Whate'er he did was done with so much ease,
                In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden.
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   At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul
      shall dwell at ease." --Ps. xxv. 12.

   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.

   Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity;
        facility; easiness; readiness.
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EASE
       Easy Access System Europe (Novell, FTP)
       

Ease

   General purpose parallel programming language, combining the
   process constructs of CSP and the distributed data structures
   of Linda.  "Programming with Ease: Semiotic Definition of the
   Language", S.E. Zenith,  Yale U
   TR-809, Jul 1990.