De-prĕssed', p. a.

(de-prĕst'), p. a.

1. Pressed or forced down; lowered; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled; sunk.
2. (Bot.) (a.) Concave on the upper side;—said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border. (b.) Lying flat;—said of a radical leaf which lies on the ground.
3. (Zoöl.) Having the vertical section shorter than the horizontal or transverse;—said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.