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depress
transitive verb
- to press down; push or pull down; lower
- to lower in spirits; make gloomy; discourage; sadden
- to decrease the force or activity of; weaken
- to lower in value, price, or amount
- Obsolete to suppress
- Music to lower the pitch of
Related Forms:
- depressing adjective
- depressingly adverb
See depress in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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