n. | 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; | |||||||||||||
4. | Humiliation; abasement, as of pride. | |||||||||||||
5. | Dejection; despondency; lowness. | |||||||||||||
6. | Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness. | |||||||||||||
7. | (Astron.) The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. | |||||||||||||
8. | (Math.) The operation of reducing to a lower degree; - said of equations. | |||||||||||||
9. | (Surg.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch,
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