de|press

de|press
de|press «dih PREHS», transitive verb.
1. to make sad or gloomy; cause to have low spirits: »

Rainy weather always depresses me. “This house depresses and chills one,” said Kate (Dickens). She was depressed by the bad news from home.

 SYNONYM(S): deject, sadden, dispirit.
2. to press down; push down; lower: »

When you play the piano, you depress the keys.

3. Figurative. to make less active; weaken: »

Some medicines depress the action of the heart.

4. to lower in amount or value: »

The price of potatoes has been depressed by the tremendous size of the harvest this year. Liquidation again depressed the market (Wall Street Journal).

5. Music. to lower (the voice or tone) in pitch; flat.
6. Obsolete. to suppress; overcome.
╂[< Old French depresser, ultimately < Lat dēprimere press down < dē- down + premere press]

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