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heartsease definition

hearts·ease or heart's-ease heart's′·-ease′ (härts′ēz′)

noun

  1. peace of mind; calmness of emotion
  2. wild pansy: so called because formerly believed to cure the discomforts of love

Etymology: see heart & ease

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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