[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ease \ease\ =ez, 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.
      1913 webster

            they him besought
            of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   2. freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as:
      a relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation;
          as, ease of body.
          1913 webster

                usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.
                                                  --herbert.
          1913 webster

                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.
          1913 webster

                among these nations shalt thou find no ease.
                                                  --deut.
                                                  xxviii. 65.
          1913 webster

                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.
          1913 webster

                true ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
                                                  --pope.
          1913 webster

                whate'er he did was done with so much ease,
                in him alone 't was natural to please. --dryden.
          1913 webster

   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.
        1913 webster
see also:
agio disease at ease chapel of ease chapel ill at ease 
to stand at ease with ease 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ease \ease\ =ez, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. eased =ezd;
   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.
      1913 webster

            eased from the putting off
            these troublesome disguises which we wear. --milton.
      1913 webster

            sing, and i 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to
      alleviate.
      1913 webster

            my couch shall ease my complaint.     --job vii. 13.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   4. to entertain; to furnish with accommodations. obs.
      --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   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.
        1913 webster
see also:
eased easing ease to ease off to ease away to ease a ship 
to ease the helm 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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" syn: easiness,
           simplicity ant: 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: 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
     4: freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "i am never at
        ease with strangers" syn: informality
     5: freedom from activity work or strain or responsibility;
        "took his repose by the swimming pool" syn: rest, 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
     3: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing
        your knowledge" syn: facilitate, alleviate
     4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "the news eased my
        conscience"; "still the fears" syn: still, allay, relieve
see also:
easiness simplicity difficulty comfort relief informality 
rest repose relaxation facilitate alleviate 
still allay relieve 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

485 moby thesaurus words for "ease":
   atticism, bohemianism, easy street, abandon, abate, abatement,
   abet, abundance, acceptance, adeptness, adroitness, advance,
   affability, affluence, aid, alienation, allay, allayment,
   alleviate, alleviation, allow for, ameliorate, amusement,
   analgesia, anesthesia, anesthetize, anesthetizing, animal pleasure,
   aplomb, appease, appeasement, appropriateness, artfulness,
   artlessness, assist, assistance, assuage, assuagement, assure,
   attenuate, avail, bail out, bate, be light, bear a hand, bear up,
   bed of roses, befriend, benefit, benumb, better, bodily pleasure,
   calm, calm down, calming, calmness, carnal delight, casualness,
   chasteness, chastity, cheer, clarity, classicalism, classicism,
   clear, clear coast, clear road, clear the way, clearness,
   cleverness, clover, color, comeliness, comfort, common touch,
   compose, composure, condole with, content, contentedness,
   contentment, convenience, cool, cordiality, correctness, coziness,
   cradle, creature comforts, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain,
   deadening, decrease, deftness, diffuse, dignity, dilute, diminish,
   diminishment, diminution, directness, disburden, discrimination,
   disencumber, disengage, disjoin, dispatch, disperse, distinction,
   do good, doctor, dulcify, dull, dulling, ease matters, ease off,
   ease up, easement, easiness, easing, easy circumstances,
   easy going, easygoingness, efficiency, effortlessness, elegance,
   elegancy, encourage, endpleasure, enjoyment, entertainment,
   entire satisfaction, euphoria, even out, expedite, expertise,
   expertness, explain, extenuate, facileness, facilitate, facility,
   familiarity, favor, felicitousness, felicity, finish, fittingness,
   fleshpots, flow, flowing periods, fluency, fluff, folksiness,
   foment, forepleasure, forward, free, free time, freedom, fruition,
   fulfillment, fun, further, gentle, give a boost, give a hand,
   give a lift, give comfort, give help, give relief, gloss over,
   good offices, good taste, goof-off time, grace, gracefulness,
   gracility, gracious life, gracious living, graciousness,
   gratification, grease, grease the ways, grease the wheels,
   great satisfaction, guide, gusto, happiness, hasten,
   have little weight, hearten, hearty enjoyment, help, help along,
   highroad, homeliness, homeyness, hush, idle hours, idleness,
   ignore, improve, inactivity, inch, inertia, inertness, informality,
   informalness, ingenuousness, insouciance, intellectual pleasure,
   intelligibility, irregularity, joie de vivre, keen pleasure,
   kick the beam, kicks, knack, knead, lack of hindrance,
   lap of luxury, lax, laxate, lay, leisure, lend a hand,
   lend one aid, lessen, lessening, let down, let go, let up,
   let up on, liberate, life of ease, lighten, limber, limber up,
   limpidity, loaves and fishes, loose, loosen, looseness, lubricate,
   lucidity, lull, lulling, luxury, make allowance for, make clear,
   make light, make lighter, make way for, manipulate, mash, massage,
   mellow, milden, mince, ministration, ministry, mitigate,
   mitigation, moderation, mollification, mollify, naturalness,
   neatness, nonchalance, numb, numbing, odd moments, off-load,
   offhandedness, office, offices, oil, open the way, open up,
   opulence, pacify, pad, palliate, palliation, passivity,
   pave the way, peace, peace and quiet, peace of mind, peacefulness,
   pellucidity, perspicuity, physical pleasure, plain sailing,
   plainness, plane sailing, pleasure, plenty, plump, poetry, poise,
   polish, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, prepare the way,
   proffer aid, promote, propriety, prosperity, prosperousness,
   protect, protection, pulp, purity, put at ease, quell, quicken,
   quiet, quiet pleasure, quieten, rally, reassure, reclaim,
   reconcilement, reconciliation, redeem, reduce, reduce weight,
   reduction, refinement, relax, relaxation, relaxedness, release,
   relief, relieve, relish, remedy, remit, remove friction,
   render assistance, repose, rescue, resignation, rest, restfulness,
   restore, restraint, resuscitate, retirement, revive, rock,
   rock to sleep, royal road, run interference for, salve, salving,
   satisfaction, save, scatter, security, seemliness,
   self-gratification, self-indulgence, semiretirement,
   sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, serenity, service,
   set at ease, set up, sexual pleasure, shake up, simplicity,
   simplify, skillfulness, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, slake,
   sleep, slip, slow down, slur over, smash, smooth, smooth down,
   smooth over, smooth road, smooth sailing, smooth the way, smoothen,
   smoothness, soap the ways, sociability, soft-pedal, soften,
   soften up, softening, solace, solid comfort, soothe, soothing,
   spare time, speed, spontaneity, squash, stabilize, steady, steer,
   still, straight sailing, straightforwardness, stupe, subdue,
   subduement, success, succor, supple, support, sweetness of life,
   sympathize with, take in tow, taste, tastefulness, tenderize,
   terseness, the affluent life, the good life, therapy, thriving,
   thriving condition, time, time to kill, time to spare, titillation,
   tone down, tranquilize, tranquillity, tune down, unaffectedness,
   unballast, unbar, unbend, unblock, unbrace, unburden,
   unbuttoned ease, unceremoniousness, unclog, uncomplexity,
   uncomplicatedness, unconcern, unconstrainedness, unconstraint,
   unconventionality, unglue, unjam, unlade, unlax, unleash, unload,
   unpretentiousness, unrestraint, unstick, unstrain, unstring,
   untighten, unwind, upward mobility, varnish, velvet,
   voluptuousness, water down, weaken, weal, wealth, weigh lightly,
   welfare, well-being, whitewash, zest

[5] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

ease
     easy access system europe novell, ftp
     
     

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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.
     
     

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