Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EASE, v.t.

1. 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.
2. To free from anxiety, care or disturbance, as the mind; as the late news has eased my mind.
3. To remove a burden from, either of body or mind; to relieve; with of. Ease me of this load; ease them of their burdens.
4. To mitigate; to alleviate; to assuage; to abate or remove a part any burden, pain, grief, anxiety or disturbance. Ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father. 2 Chron. x.
5. To quiet; to allay; to destroy; as, to ease pain. To ease off or ease away, in seamen's language, is to slacken a rope gradually. To ease a ship, is to put the helm hard a-lee, to prevent her pitching, when close hauled. Mar. Dict.