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depriment

/ˈdɛpɹɪmənt/

depriment adjective: serving to depress (force or push down).

Adjective

depriment (comparative more depriment, superlative most depriment)

  1. (archaic) Serving to depress (force or push down).
    • Depriment muscles.1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC

Forms of depriment

comparativemore depriment
superlativemost depriment

Origin of depriment

From Latin dēprimēns, present participle of dēprimō. See depress.

Questions about depriment

What does depriment mean?
Depriment means serving to depress (force or push down).
What part of speech is depriment?
Depriment is an adjective.
How do you pronounce depriment?
Depriment is pronounced /ˈdɛpɹɪmənt/.

Words near depriment in the dictionary

  1. Depriest
  2. Depriests
  3. deprieve
  4. deprime
  5. deprimed
  6. depriment
  7. deprimes
  8. depriming
  9. deprimings
  10. DePrimo
  11. deprioritisation

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