Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DE-PRESS', v.t. [L. depressus, deprimo; de and pressus, premo, to press.]

1. 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.
2. To let fall; to bring down; as, to depress the eye.
3. To render dull or languid; to limit or diminish; as, to depress commerce.
4. To sink; to lower; to deject; to make sad; as, to depress the spirits or the mind.
5. To humble; to abase; as, to depress pride.
6. To sink in altitude; to cause to appear lower or nearer the horizon; as, a man sailing toward the equator depresses the pole.
7. To impoverish; to lower in temporal estate; as, misfortunes and losses have depressed the merchants.
8. To lower in value; as, to depress the price of stock.