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What (who) is Depress - definition
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Depressed; Depressing; Depression (disambiguation); Depresses; Depress; Depressions; Deep depression; Deep Depression
Depress
·vt To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
II. Depress ·vt To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
III. Depress ·adj Having the middle lower than the border; concave.
IV. Depress ·vt To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, ·etc.
V. Depress ·vt To cast a gloom upon; to Sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.
VII. Depress ·vt To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to Lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
depress
¦ verb
1. cause to feel utterly dispirited or dejected.
2. reduce the level of activity in (a system).
3. push or pull down into a lower position.
Derivatives
depressible adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. depresser, from late L. depressare, frequentative of deprimere 'press down'.
depress
v. a.
1.
Lower, detrude, drop, sink, bow, reduce, press down, let down, let fall, cast down, bring down.
2.
Degrade, humble, disgrace, humiliate, debase, abase, abash, bring low, take down.
3.
Discourage, dishearten, dispirit, deject, damp, dampen, chill, sadden, make sad, make despondent.
4.
Make dull (as trade), lower.
Examples of use of Depress
1. Such heavy discounting could depress sales even more, analysts say.
2. These low–status jobs depress incomes and, apparently, spirits.
3. Won‘t future negative developments depress him even more?
4. Analysts agree that the turmoil in the capital markets will depress Israeli growth.
5. Falling home prices depress consumer spending; the economy gets rockier, driving home prices down further.