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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depress \De*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depressed}; p. pr & vb n. {Depressing}.] [L. depressus p. p. of deprimere de- + premere to press. See {Press}.] 1. 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.'' --Tennyson. 2. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride. 3. To cast a gloom upon to sadden; as his spirits were depressed. 4. To lessen the activity of to make dull; embarrass, as trade commerce, etc 5. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate. 6. (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. Syn: To sink; lower; abase; cast down deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depressed \De*pressed"\, a. 1. Pressed or forced down lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled. 2. (Bot.) a Concave on the upper side -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. b Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: depressed adj 1: lower than previously; "the market is depressed"; "prices are down" [syn: {down(p)}] 2: (biology) flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces 3: low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn: {blue}, {dispirited}, {down(p)}, {downcast}, {downhearted}, {low}, {low-spirited}] 4: having the central portion lower than the margin; "a depressed pustule" [syn: {indented}]
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