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undeˈpressed, -ˈprest, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] 1. Not depressed in spirit; not dejected.
1697D. F. Char. Dr. S. Annesley 6 When Griefs come threatning on, or Comfort flows, He was undepress'd by these, unrais'd by those. 1782D. E. Baker Biog. Dram. I. 222 He maintained his wit and good humour undepressed by misfortunes. 1813Byron Corsair ii. viii, 'Tis he indeed—disarm'd but undeprest. 1880McCarthy Own Times III. 225 Undepressed by early poverty, unspoiled by later and almost unequalled success. 2. Not pressed down or bent; not hollowed or sunken.
1807Wordsw. White Doe iii. 146 A stature undepressed in size, Unbent, which rather seemed to rise. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xxxv, His gait, undepressed by age and toil, was erect. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 314 The depressed bone was much driven in, and the margins of the surrounding undepressed portions formed..irregular edges. |