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Definition of Eased
1. Adjective. (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear.
Definition of Eased
1. Verb. (past participle of ease) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eased
1. ease [v] - See also: ease
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eased
Literary usage of Eased
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"... your own royal hand should use it upon eased HIM BACK UPON HIS PILLOWS.”
the Duke of Norfolk's warrant.” “Why, so in sooth I did: I do remember it. ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1800)
"... as the malady it sell is more or less ; some will hear good counsel, some will
not; some desire help, some reject all, and will not be eased. SUBSECT. ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"... and thus eased the work of the main force under Wolseley. He was never seriously
engaged, though there was occasional skirmishing, but the villages in ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1881)
"... an ashen pallor swept the flush from his cheeks; and the attendants eased him
back upon his pillows, and hurriedly assisted him with restoratives. ..."
5. Germany by OECD Staff, OECD (2004)
"... facilities would raise full-time female participation by 2.6 percentage
points.26 Employment protection legislation was eased for new and small firms, ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1905)
"W. 80, the court says: "It would seem to follow from the appellant's logic that
if tbe dec-eased left no assets, strictly so called, no administration could ..."
7. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"though they were partly eased and diminished by the wisdom of the parliament,
yet many still remained ; and as long as the bishops and the corrupt part of ..."
8. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"The younger dropped forth expressions of disappoinment and trouble which partly
eased his own mind. Thus they spent together the unlovely evening ..."
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