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What does depress mean?

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Verb
  1. To press down.
  2. To make depressed, sad or bored.
  3. To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
  4. To bring down or humble; to abase (pride, etc.).
  5. (mathematics) To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.
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The child should not receive sedatives or opiates as these may depress the respiratory drive.
Not winning will depress his fans more than it will bring him down, because his despair is constant.
Critics of the measure worry that the bill will depress the price of US labour in the tech sector.
Cannabis does alter your mind. It can make you more irritable, or sometimes depress you, or sometimes put you on a high.
Studies show sedative herbs gently depress the central nervous system, thus calming you and inducing sleep.
In my view nothing does more to depress the reputation and standing of teachers than to witness the annual antics that go on there.

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