depress
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depress
- /dɪˈpɹɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
Where it comes from
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”).
verb depresses · depressing · depressed
- To press down. Depress the upper lever to start the machine.
- To make depressed, sad or bored. Winter depresses me.
- 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.).
- To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
