[dɪˈprɛs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected
(e.g: that first day at school depressed me)

- reduce the level or strength of activity in (something, especially an economic or biological system)
(e.g: fear of inflation in America depressed bond markets)

- push or pull (something) down into a lower position
(e.g: depress the lever)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French depresser, from late Latin depressare, frequentative of deprimere ‘press down’