Hi, I remember once learning the word "depress" in third grade in my advanced class as in "to depress a button". I've only ever heard "press a button", does anyone still use "depress" in the context of to press down on?

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[–] 1 point 10 months ago

The de- prefix in Latin also means down, downward.

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