ease (the meanings ‘comfort’ and ‘leisure’, in a bad sense ‘idleness, sloth’, are the common ones)
1.
“do” (a person) “ease,” give pleasure or
assistance to Shr. V. ii.
180, 3H6 V. v. 72, Ham. I. i. 131.
2.
facility, easiness
Oth. I. iii. 29
“of ease”
(=easy); “with ,” easily
Tp. III. i. 30; “at what ,” how easily
H8 Epil. 2 (? not S.).
3.
means of relief Troil. V. x. 56.
