Depress

1. a. Having the middle lower than the border; concave.
2. v. t. To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
3. v. t. To bring down or humble; to abase, as pride.
4. v. t. To cast a gloom upon; to sadden; as, his spirits were depressed.
5. v. t. To lessen the activity of; to make dull; embarrass, as trade, commerce, etc.
6. v. t. To lessen in price; to cause to decline in value; to cheapen; to depreciate.
7. v. t. To reduce (an equation) in a lower degree.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.