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depressible, a.|dɪˈprɛsɪb(ə)l|
[f. L. dēpress-, ppl. stem of dēprimĕre (see depress v.) + -ble.]
Capable of being depressed (lit. and fig.).
1860O. W. Holmes Poet Breakf.-t. v. 121 She is one of those young persons..who are impressible and of necessity depressible when their nervous systems are overtasked. 1881Günther in Encycl. Brit. XII. 654/2 They [the hinged teeth of fishes] are, however, depressible in one direction only. |