depress
/dɪˈpɹɛs/
verb
- 1
To press down.
“Depress the upper lever to start the machine.”
- 2
To make depressed, sad or bored.
“Winter depresses me.”
- 3
To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
“Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.”
- 4
To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
- 5
To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
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