Definition of depress

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Depress (v. t.) To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc..

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Scrobiculated :: Scrobiculated (a.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted..
Depression :: Depression (n.) The act of depressing.
Camoys :: Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Depressive :: Depressive (a.) Able or tending to depress or cast down.
Angler :: Angler (n.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc..
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) A casting down; depression.
Law-fall :: "Law-fall (n.) Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits..
Incavation :: Incavation (n.) Act of making hollow; also, a hollow; an exvation; a depression..
Elasticity :: Elasticity (n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die..
Alveolus :: Alveolus (n.) A small depression, sac, or vesicle, as the socket of a tooth, the air cells of the lungs, the ultimate saccules of glands, etc..
Flat :: Flat (v. t.) To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress..
Chill :: Chill (v. t.) To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.
Kick :: Kick (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick..
Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
Hawk :: Hawk (v. i.) To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances..
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped..
Depressomotor :: Depressomotor (a.) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity..
Trough :: Trough (n.) Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc..
Wilt :: Wilt (v. t.) Hence, to cause to languish; to depress or destroy the vigor and energy of..
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