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To bear down; to depress.

DEPRESSOMOTOR
Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. -- n.
DEPRESSOR
A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. Depressor nerve , a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.
DEPRESSION
The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. (more info) 1. The act of depressing. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness
DEPRESSANT
An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.
DEPRESSIVE
Able or tending to depress or cast down. -- De*press"ive*ness, n.
DEPRESSED
Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies. (more info) 1. Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled. Concave on the upper side;
DEPRESSINGLY
In a depressing manner.
DEPRESS
To reduce in a lower degree. To depress the pole , to cause the sidereal pole to appear lower or nearer the horizon, as by sailing toward the equator. Syn. -- To sink; lower; abase; cast down; deject; humble; degrade; dispirit; discourage. (more