(a) To make (sth.) less painful; alleviate (soreness, pain, torture), assuage (sorrow), ease (wounds), loosen (fetters), etc.; (b) to mitigate (one's anger), restrain (one's blows), soften the effects of (an ordinance); (c) to cut off (a bodily member); subdue or destroy (sb.).

(a) To ease the pain of (sb., someone's body, a limb, etc.), rest (one's bones); ?ease (digestion); -- also without obj.; (b) to please (sb.), make comfortable, comfort; seek to please (sb.); (c) to give or bring respite to (sb.).

(a) Of soreness: to become less painful; of the wind: to abate, grow calm; (b) of a person: to be gentle, act mercifully; (c) to speak mildly or cheerfully.