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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Depression :: Depression (n.) Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness..
Introcession :: Introcession (n.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..
Pregravate :: Pregravate (v. t.) To bear down; to depress.
Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt..
Depress :: Depress (a.) Having the middle lower than the border; concave.
Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Evenly :: Evenly (adv.) With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely..
Downthrow :: Downthrow (n.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n..
Camoys :: Camoys (a.) Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose.
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.
Hollow :: Hollow (n.) A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Despondency :: Despondency (n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..
Depressed :: Depressed (a.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies..
Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue..
Fortitude :: Fortitude (n.) That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble..
Fossa :: Fossa (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds..
Cockatoo :: Cockatoo (n.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinae, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, / Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus..
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