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To press down; to press to a lower state or position; as, to depress the end of a tube, or the muzzle of a gun.

To let fall; to bring down; as, to depress the eye.

To render dull or languid; to limit or diminish; as, to depress commerce.

To sink; to lower; to deject; to make sad; as, to depress the spirits or the mind.

To humble; to abase; as, to depress pride.

To sink in altitude; to cause to appear lower or nearer the horizon; as, a man sailing towards the equator depresses the pole.

To impoverish; to lower in temporal estate; as, misfortunes and losses have depressed the merchants.

To lower in value; as, to depress the price of stock.