Definition of depress

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Depress (v. t.) To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.

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Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes..
Dismay :: Dismay (v. i.) To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to terrify.
Infrasternal :: Infrasternal (a.) Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane..
Law-fall :: "Law-fall (n.) Depression of the jaw; hence, depression of spirits..
Melancholy :: Melancholy (n.) Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia..
Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The part of the foot upon which such a depression falls.
Hollow :: Hollow (n.) A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
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..
Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Well :: Well (v. i.) A depressed space in the after part of the deck; -- often called the cockpit.
Sordes :: Sordes (n.) Foul matter; excretion; dregs; filthy, useless, or rejected matter of any kind; specifically (Med.), the foul matter that collects on the teeth and tongue in low fevers and other conditions attended with great vital depression..
Depression :: Depression (n.) Humiliation; abasement, as of pride..
Dejection :: Dejection (n.) Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.
Indentation :: Indentation (n.) A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
Pothole :: Pothole (n.) A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Oblate :: Oblate (a.) Flattened or depressed at the poles; as, the earth is an oblate spheroid..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To affect with vexation, chagrin, or humiliation; to humble; to depress..
Chill :: Chill (a.) Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
Depressomotor :: Depressomotor (n.) Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc..
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