depress
English
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”).
Pronunciation
Verb
depress (third-person singular simple present depresses, present participle depressing, simple past and past participle depressed)
- To press down.
- Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- Winter depresses me.
- (economics) To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.
- To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
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Derived terms
Translations
to press down on
to make depressed, sad or bored
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to cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy
References
- “depress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “depress”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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