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2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: depressing adj 1: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: {blue}, {dark}, {disconsolate}, {dismal}, {dispiriting}, {gloomy}, {grim}] 2: causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news" [syn: {depressive}, {gloomy}, {saddening}]
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