[iːz], (Noun)

Definitions:
- absence of difficulty or effort
(e.g: she gave up smoking with ease)


Phrases:
- at ease
- ease someone's mind

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aise, based on Latin adjacens ‘lying close by’, present participle of adjacere. The verb is originally from Old French aisier, from the phrase a aise ‘at ease’; in later use from the noun

[iːz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (something unpleasant or intense) less serious or severe
(e.g: the road-building programme is planned to ease congestion)

- move carefully or gradually
(e.g: I eased down the slope with care)


Phrases:
- at ease
- ease someone's mind

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French aise, based on Latin adjacens ‘lying close by’, present participle of adjacere. The verb is originally from Old French aisier, from the phrase a aise ‘at ease’; in later use from the noun