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<p><b>3.</b> <def>A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; <as>as, roughness consists in little protuberances and <ex>depressions</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Dejection; despondency; lowness.</def>

<blockquote>In a great <b>depression</b> of spirit. <i>Baker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A method of operating for cataract; couching. See <er>Couch</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, 8.</def>

<cs><col>Angle of depression</col> <fld>(Geod.)</fld>, <cd>one which a descending line makes with a horizontal plane.</cd> -- <col>Depression of the dewpoint</col> <fld>(Meteor.)</fld>, <cd>the number of degreees that the dew-point is lower than the actual temperature of the atmosphere.</cd> -- <col>Depression of the pole</col>, <cd>its apparent sinking, as the spectator goes toward the equator.</cd> -- <col>Depression of the visible horizon</col>. <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <cd>Same as <i>Dip of the horizon<i>, under <er>Dip</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Abasement; reduction; sinking; fall; humiliation; dejection; melancholy.</syn>

<h1>Depressive</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*press"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Able or tending to depress or cast down.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>De*press"ive*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Depressomotor</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*pres`so*mo"tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as <i>depressomotor</i> nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc.</def></def2>

<h1>Depressor</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*press"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part.</def>

<cs><col>Depressor nerve</col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the <i>depressor nerve<i> of the heart.</cd></cs>

<h1>Depriment</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"ri*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deprimens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>deprimere</ets>. See <er>Depress</er>.]</ety> <def>Serving to depress.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Depriment</i> muscles."

<i>Derham.</i>

<h1>Deprisure</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*pri"sure</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>d\'82priser</ets> to undervalue; pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>dis-</ets>) + <ets>priser</ets> to prize, fr. <ets>prix</ets> price, fr. L. <ets>pretium</ets>. See <er>Dispraise</er>.]</ety> <def>Low estimation; disesteem; contempt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deprivable</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*priv"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived; liable to be deposed.</def>

<blockquote>Kings of Spain . . . <b>deprivable</b> for their tyrannies. <i>Prynne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deprivation</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep`ri*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>deprivatio</ets>.]</ety>