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verb

Depress v. t. (past & past part. depressed; pres. part. depressing)

To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes. "With lips depressed."

To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.

To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.

To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.

To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.

(Math.) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

To depress the pole (Naut.), to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator.

Synonyms: To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage.

adjective

Depress adj. Having the middle lower than the border; concave. (Obs.) "If the seal be depress or hollow."

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Etymology of 'Depress'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Depress" Quotes from Famous Books

... a gold box, in acknowledging which he naturally dwelt on some of the topics that were interesting to a commercial community. He gave a somewhat new view of "Protection" when he called it a remnant of heathenism. The heathen would be dependent on no one; they would depress all other communities. Christianity taught us to be friends and brothers, and he was glad that all restrictions on the freedom of trade were now done away with. He dwelt largely on the capacity of ...

— The Personal Life Of David Livingstone • William Garden Blaikie

... You cannot read him too often or too carefully; as far as I know he is the only living poet who always strengthens and purifies; the others sometimes darken, and nearly always depress and discourage, the imagination ...

— Harvard Classics Volume 28 - Essays English and American • Various

... have already stated, at this time in very delicate health; and upon this occasion the exhaustion of fatigue, and the dreary badness of the weather, combined to depress her spirits. Lady D—— had not been left long to herself, when the door communicating with the passage was abruptly opened, and her sister Mary entered in a state of great agitation; she sat down pale ...

— The Purcell Papers - Volume I. (of III.) • Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

... him; he made no account of the weather; he rode the wildest horses the longest distances. His chest and throat became seriously affected, but it made no difference; he still wanted to command at the reviews. His voice was lost: soon he could not even speak; but his illness did not depress, it only annoyed him. His energetic character could not accustom itself to the idea of abandoning the struggle. He fought against suffering as he had fought against fate. "Oh!" he said, "how I despise this wretched body which cannot obey my soul!" Dr. Malfatti ...

— The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise • Imbert De Saint-Amand

... from it with their bases submerged. There is proof that at one time these ruins were fifteen or twenty feet lower than they are now, and that they have since come up again. The next earthquake may depress the whole coast again, in which case the floor of the temple will be once more deep under water; or it may raise it so as to bring the ruins all up once ...

— Rollo in Naples • Jacob Abbott

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