depression

Roget-categorie 308

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
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#308. Depression

zelfstandig naamwoord

lowering etc. v. — depression — dip etc. (concavity) 252 — abasement — detrusion^† — reduction.
overthrow, overset^†, overturn — upset — prostration, subversion, precipitation.
bow — courtesy, curtsy — genuflexion^†, genuflection, kowtow, obeisance, salaam.

werkwoord

depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg — cast — let drop, let fall — sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude^†, pitch, precipitate.
overthrow, overturn, overset^† — upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell — cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down — raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground^† — trample in the dust, pull about one's ears.
sit, sit down — couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow — courtesy, curtsy — bob, duck, dip, kneel — bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head — cower — recline etc. (be horizontal) 213.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

depressed etc. v. — at a low ebb — prostrate etc. (horizontal) 213 — detrusive^†.

uitdrukking

facinus quos inquinat aequat [Lat.] [Lucan].

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