Ease n.
1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.]
They him besought
Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer.
2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. --Herbert.
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.
Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. --Deut. xxviii. 65.
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.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope.
Whate'er he did was done with so much ease,
In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden.
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.