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Ease [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. s as z. [Latin otium.]

2. Rest; an undisturbed state. Applied to the body, freedom from pain, disturbance, excitement or annoyance. He sits at his ease He takes his ease

3. Applied to the mind, a quiet state; tranquillity; freedom from pain, concern, anxiety, solicitude, or any thing that frets or ruffles the mind.

4. His soul shall dwell at ease Psalms 25:13 .

5. Wo to them that are at ease in Zion. Amos 6:1 .

6. Rest from labor.

7. Facility; freedom from difficulty or great labor. One man will perform this service with ease This author writes with ease

8. Freedom from stiffness, harshness, forced expressions, or unnatural arrangement; as the ease of style.

9. Freedom from constraint or formality; unaffectedness; as ease of behavior.

10. At ease in an undisturbed state; free from pain or anxiety.

11. EASE

12. , verb transitive To free from pain or any disquiet or annoyance, as the body; to relieve; to give rest to; as, the medicine has eased the patient.

13. To free from anxiety, care or disturbance, as the mind; as, the late news has eased my mind.

14. To remove a burden from, either of body or mind; to relieve; with of. ease me of this load; ease them of their burdens.

15. To mitigate; to alleviate; to assuage; to abate or remove in part any burden, pain, grief, anxiety or disturbance.

16. EASE thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father. 2 Chronicles 10:4 .

17. To quiet; to allay; to destroy; as, to ease pain.

18. To ease off or ease away, in seamen's language, is to slacken a rope gradually.

19. To ease a ship, is to put the helm hard alee, to prevent her pitching, when close hauled.

Ease [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.

2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.

3. Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.

4. Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.

5. To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquility to; -- often with of; as, to ease of pain; ease the body or mind.

6. To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.

7. 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.

8. To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

Eased [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Easeful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Quiet; peaceful; fit for rest.

Easeful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.

Easefully [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

With ease or quiet.

Easel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The frame on which painters place their canvas.

2. Easel-pieces, among painters, are the smaller pieces, either portraits or landscapes, which are painted on the easel as distinguished from those which are drawn on walls, ceilings, etc.

Easel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A frame (commonly) of wood serving to hold a canvas upright, or nearly upright, for the painter's convenience or for exhibition.

Easeless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without ease.

Easement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Convenience; accommodation; that which gives ease, relief or assistance.

2. He has the advantage of a free lodging, and some other easements.

3. In law, any privilege or convenience which one man has of another, either by prescription or charter, without profit; as a way through his land, etc.

Easement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation.

2. A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude.

3. A curved member instead of an abrupt change of direction, as in a baseboard, hand rail, etc.

Easement Encyclopedia Britannica

EASEMENT, in English law, is a species of servitude or limited right of use over land belonging to another. It is distinguished from a profit, which is a right to take the soil of another, while an easement is a right to use the soil or the produce of the soil in a way tending to the more convenient enjoyment of another piece of land. Thus a right of way is an easement, a right of common is a profit. Besides rights of way the most important easements are water-courses (as where a person has a right to divert a flow of water), the right to discharge water, &c., upon a neighbour’s land, and the right to restrain such a use of land as would obstruct the access of light and air to an ancient window.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 7, p. 613
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State Roget’s Thesaurus §7

N. state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, # mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character

V. be in a state, possess a state, enjoy a state, labor under a state, be on a footing, do, fare, come to pass

Adj. conditional, modal, formal, structural, organic

Adv. conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case, relative

Physical Pleasure Roget’s Thesaurus §377

N. pleasure, physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality, luxuriousness, dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease, pillow, luxury, lap of luxury, purple and fine linen, bed of downs, bed of roses, velvet, clover, cup of circe, treat, refreshment, regale, feast, delice, dainty, bonne bouche, source of pleasure, happiness

V. feel pleasure, experience pleasure, receive pleasure, enjoy, relish, luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in, swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in, feast on, gloat over, float on, smack the lips, live on the fat of the land, live in comfort, bask in the sunshine, faire ses choux gras, give pleasure

Adj. enjoying, luxurious, voluptuous, sensual, comfortable, cosy, snug, in comfort, at ease, pleasant, agreeable

Adv. in comfort, on a bed of roses, at one's ease

Phr. ride si sapis, voluptales commendat rarior usus

Elegance Roget’s Thesaurus §578

N. elegance, purity, grace, ease, gracefulness, # readiness, concinnity, euphony, numerosity, atticism, classicalism, classicism, well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods, the right word in the right place, antithesis, *purist

V. point an antithesis, round a period

Adj. elegant, polished, classical, attic, correct, ciceronian, artistic, chaste, pure, saxon, academical, graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping, unaffected, natural, unlabored, mellifluous, euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic, numerose|, rhythmical, felicitous, happy, neat, well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed

Leisure Roget’s Thesaurus §685

N. leisure, convenience, spare time, spare hours, # spare moments, vacant hour, time, time to spare, time on one's hands, holiday, relaxation, otium cum dignitate, ease, no hurry, no big rush, no deadline

V. have leisure, take one's time, take one's leisure, take one's ease, repose, move slowly, while away the time, be master of one's time, be an idle man

Adj. leisure, leisurely, slow, deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed, at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end

Adv. unhurriedly, deliberately, without undue haste, anytime

Phr. time hanging heavy on one's hands, eile mit weile

Facility Roget’s Thesaurus §705

N. facility, ease, easiness, capability, feasibility, flexibility, pliancy, smoothness, plain sailing, smooth sailing, straight sailing, mere child's play, holiday task, cinch, smooth water, fair wind, smooth royal road, clear coast, clear stage, tabula rasa, full play, disencumbrance, disentanglement, deoppilation|, permission, simplicity, lack of complication

V. be easy, go on smoothly, run smoothly, have full play, go on all fours, run on all fours, obey the helm, work well, flow with the stream, swim with the stream, drift with the stream, go with the stream, flow with the tide, drift with the tide, see one's way, have all one's own way, have the game in one's own hands, walk over the course, win at a canter, make light of, make nothing of, make no bones of, be at home in, make it look easy, do it with one's eyes closed, do it in one's sleep, render easy, facilitate, smooth, ease, popularize, lighten, lighten the labor, free, clear, disencumber, disembarrass, disentangle, disengage, deobstruct, unclog, extricate, unravel, untie the knot, cut the knot, disburden, unload, exonerate, emancipate, free from, deoppilate|, humor, lubricate, relieve, leave a hole to creep out of, leave a loophole, leave the matter open, give the reins to, give full play, give full swing, make way for, open the door to, open the way, prepare the ground, smooth the ground, clear the ground, open the way, open the path, open the road, pave the way, bridge over, permit

Adj. easy, facile, feasible, easily managed, easily accomplished, within reach, accessible, easy of access, for the million, open to, manageable, wieldy, towardly, tractable, submissive, yielding, ductile, suant, pliant, glib, slippery, smooth, on friction wheels, on velvet, unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed, exonerated, unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled, unrestrained, at ease, light, at home with, quite at home, in one's element, in smooth water, skillful, accustomed

Adv. easily, readily, smoothly, swimmingly, on easy terms, single-handed

Phr. touch and go, 2, active antagonism

Pleasure Roget’s Thesaurus §827

N. pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition, oblectation, delectation, delection, relish, zest, gusto, satisfaction, complacency, well-being, good, snugness, comfort, ease, cushion, sans souci, mind at ease, joy, gladness, delight, glee, cheer, sunshine, cheerfulness, treat, refreshment, amusement, luxury, mens sana in corpore sano, happiness, felicity, bliss, beatitude, beautification, enchantment, transport, rapture, ravishment, ecstasy, summum bonum, paradise, elysium, third heaven|, seventh heaven, cloud nine, unalloyed happiness &c, hedonics, hedonism, honeymoon, palmy days, halcyon days, golden age, golden time, dixie, dixie's land, saturnia regna, arcadia, shangri-la, happy valley, agapemone

V. be pleased, feel pleasure, experience pleasure, joy, enjoy oneself, hug oneself, be in clover, be in elysium, tread on enchanted ground, fall into raptures, go into raptures, feel at home, breathe freely, bask in the sunshine, be pleased with, receive pleasure, derive pleasure, from, take pleasure, in, delight in, rejoice in, indulge in, luxuriate in, gloat over, enjoy, relish, like, love, take to, take a fancy to, have a liking for, enter into the spirit of, take in good part, treat oneself to, solace oneself with

Adj. pleased, not sorry, glad, gladsome, pleased as punch, happy, blest, blessed, blissful, beatified, happy as a clam at high water, happy as a clam, happy as a king, happy as the day is long, thrice happy, ter quaterque beatus, enjoying, joyful, hedonic, in a blissful state, in paradise, in raptures, in ecstasies, in a transport of delight, comfortable, at ease, content, sans souci, overjoyed, entranced, enchanted, enraptures, enravished, transported, fascinated, captivated, with a joyful face, with sparkling eyes, pleasing, ecstatic, beatic, painless, unalloyed, without alloy, cloudless

Adv. happily, with pleasure, with glee

Phr. one's heart leaping with joy, "a wilderness of sweets", "i wish you all the joy that you can wish", jour de ma vie, "joy ruled the day and love the night", "joys season'd high and tasting strong of guilt", "oh happiness, our being's end and aim!", "there is a pleasure that is born of pain", "throned on highest bliss", vedi napoli e poi muori, zwischen freud und leid ist die brucke nicht weit

Content Roget’s Thesaurus §831

N. content, contentment, contentedness, complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind, serenity, cheerfulness, ray of comfort, comfort, reconciliation, resignation, waiter on providence

V. be content, rest satisfied, rest and be thankful, take the good the gods provide, let well alone, let well enough alone, feel oneself at home, hug oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul, take up with, take in good part, accept, tolerate, consent, acquiesce, assent, be reconciled to, make one's peace with, get over it, take heart, take comfort, put up with, render content, set at ease, comfort, set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest, speak peace, conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile, content, satisfy, gratify, be tolerated, go down, go down well, go down with, do, be ok

Adj. content, contented, satisfied, at ease, at one's ease, at home, with the mind at ease, sans souci, sine cura, easygoing, not particular, conciliatory, unrepining, of good comfort, resigned, cheerful, unafflicted, unvexed, unmolested, unplagued, serene, at rest, snug, comfortable, in one's element, satisfactory, tolerable, good enough, ok, all right, acceptable

Adv. contently, contentedly, to one's heart's content, a la bonne heure, all for the best

Phr. nothing comes amiss, "a heart with room for every joy", ich habe genossen das irdische gluck ich habe gelebt und geliebet, "nor cast one longing lingering look behind", "shut up in measureless content", "sweet are the thoughts that savor of content", "their wants but few their wishes all confined", might as well relax and enjoy it

Int. amen, very well, all the better, so much the better, well and good, it will do, that will do, it cannot be helped

Relief Roget’s Thesaurus §834

N. relief, deliverance, refreshment, # easement, softening, alleviation, mitigation, palliation, soothing, lullaby, solace, consolation, comfort, encouragement, lenitive, restorative, cushion, crumb of comfort, balm in gilead

V. relieve, ease, alleviate, mitigate, palliate, soothe, salve, soften, soften down, foment, stupe, poultice, assuage, allay, cheer, comfort, console, enliven, encourage, bear up, pat on the back, give comfort, set at ease, gladden the heart, cheer the heart, inspirit, invigorate, remedy, cure, refresh, pour balm into, pour oil on, smooth the ruffled brow of care, temper the wind to the shorn lamb, lay the flattering unction to one's soul, disburden, take a load off one's chest, get a load off one's chest, take off a load of care, be relieved, breathe more freely, draw a long breath, take comfort, dry the tears, dry the eyes, wipe the tears, wipe the eyes

Adj. relieving, consolatory, soothing, assuaging, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, lenitive, palliative, anodyne, curative

Phr. "here comes a man of comfort"

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Deuteronomy 23:13

And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:

And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

Deuteronomy 28:65

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Judges 20:43

Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

2 Chronicles 10:4

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

2 Chronicles 10:9

And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

Job 3:18

There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.

Job 3:26

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

Job 7:13

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

Job 12:5

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Job 16:6

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?

Job 16:12

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

Job 21:23

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

Psalms 25:13

His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

His soul will dwell in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.

Psalms 123:4

Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

Isaiah 1:24

Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:

Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.

Isaiah 32:9

Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Jeremiah 30:10

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.

Jeremiah 46:27

But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.