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Depress
- verb - cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the water level in the reservoir"
- lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"
- lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"
- lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
- press down; "Depress the space key"
Deputes
- verb - appoint as a substitute
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- transfer power to someone
Derails
- verb - cause to run off the tracks; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste"
- run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks"
Derates
- verb - lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
Derbies
- noun - a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim
Derides
- verb - treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
Derives
- verb - come from; "The present name derives from an older form"
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
- develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
- obtain; "derive pleasure from one's garden"
- reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Desalts
- verb - remove salt from; "desalinate water"
Deserts
- noun - an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
- arid land with little or no vegetation
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
- leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
Desexes
- verb - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"