depress

verb

/dɪˈpɹɛs/

Etymology

From Middle English depressen, from Old French depresser, from Latin dēpressus, perfect participle of dēprimō (“to press down, to weigh down”), from dē- (“off, away, down, out”) + premō (“to press”).

derived from dēpressus
derived from depresser
inherited from depressen

Definitions

1
To press down.
- Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
2
To make depressed, sad or bored.
- Winter depresses me.
3
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.
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1. To bring down or humble
  To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
2. To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

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Derived

depressable, depressible, depressant, depressed, depressing, depression, depressive, depressogenic, depressoid, depressomotor, depressor, depress the pole, immunodepress, overdepress, prodepressant

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA