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easen en · VERB

Etymology

From ease + -en (verbal suffix).

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, possibly, rare, transitive) To make at ease; make easy or easier; (by extension) to soothe; comfort; relieve
   • In the West, early conjugal relations and dating have greatly helped to easen the situation. 1997, M. V. Krishna Murthy, India on to New Horizons, page 180:
   • Free availability in adequate quantities in markets very,^([sic]) closely situated, has easened the situation. 1970, Agricultural development and small farmers: a study of Andhra Pradesh:
   • As several electrodes are used, a great effort has been done to reduce the weight of the tail to easen the field work. 1992, Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, volume 2:
   • Since this book also aims at scholars of law and history who have no Japanese, I have, in the footnotes, in order to easen the reader's library search, entered authors' names as the authors wrote them, and capitalized Japanese surnames; […] 1996, Carl Steenstrup, A History of Law in Japan Until 1868, page 160:
   • This grip assembly easens the work of revolving the handle and is designed as a collapsible type to eliminate protrusions and to facilitate the pile extractor conveyance as well as to prevent the handle part from being bent in the event of some […] 2000, New Technology Japan, volume 28, page 25:
   • Conversely, the 2001 Association Law made great strides for the Yemeni civil society as it easened administrative procedures and offered incentives and tax exemptions to NGOs. 2007, Sa'eda Kilani, Against Corruption, page 44:

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Synonyms

lighten · alleviate