Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being depressed.
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- adjective Capable of being
depressed (pushed down).
Etymologies
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Examples
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I suffered a severe depressible illness and had to resign
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I suffered a severe depressible illness and had to resign
Archive 2009-01-01 Thatsnews 2009
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The Young Girl was full of enthusiasm; she is one of those young persons, I think, who are impressible, and of necessity depressible when their nervous systems are overtasked, but elastic, recovering easily from mental worries and fatigues, and only wanting a little change of their conditions to get back their bloom and cheerfulness.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The Young Girl was full of enthusiasm; she is one of those young persons, I think, who are impressible, and of necessity depressible when their nervous systems are overtasked, but elastic, recovering easily from mental worries and fatigues, and only wanting a little change of their conditions to get back their bloom and cheerfulness.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Imagine snapping the iPhone or iPad into a gamepad-like shell, one that allows you to play the sort of sophisticated games -- fighters, first-person shooters, platformers -- that work best with tactile features like analog thumbsticks and depressible buttons.
Macworld UK News 2010
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Imagine snapping the iPhone or iPad into a gamepad-like shell, one that allows you to play the sort of sophisticated games -- fighters, first-person shooters, platformers -- that work best with tactile features like analog thumbsticks and depressible buttons.
PCWorld 2010
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Imagine snapping the iPhone or iPad into a gamepad-like shell, one that allows you to play the sort of sophisticated games -- fighters, first-person shooters, platformers -- that work best with tactile features like analog thumbsticks and depressible buttons.
PCWorld 2010
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Imagine snapping the iPhone or iPad into a gamepad-like shell, one that allows you to play the sort of sophisticated games -- fighters, first-person shooters, platformers -- that work best with tactile features like analog thumbsticks and depressible buttons.
FOXNews.com Matt Peckham 2010
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These teeth are depressible and present only in females.
Mitchieville 2008
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The page is no longer 2d as things are emerging from front to back, buttons are depressible etc.
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