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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONDENSE, v.t. [L., to make thick or close. See Dense.]
1. To make more close, thick or compact; to cause the particles of a body to approach, or to unite more closely, either by their own attraction or affinity, or by mechanical force. Thus, vapor is said to be condensed into water by the application of cold; and air is condensed in a tube by pressure. Hence the word is sometimes equivalent to compress.
2. To make thick; to inspissate; applied to soft compressible substances.
3. To compress into a smaller compass, or into a close body; to crowd; applied to separate individuals. Thus we say to condense ideas into a smaller compass.
CONDENSE, v.i. To become close or more compact, as the particles of a body; to approach or unite more closely; to grow thick.
Vapors condense and coalesce into small parcels.
CONDENSE, a. Close in texture or composition; compact; firm; dense; condensated. [See Dense, which is generally used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" [syn: condense, distill, distil]
2: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: digest, condense, concentrate]
3: remove water from; "condense the milk"
4: cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air condensed the steam"
5: become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings condensed"
6: develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out of the same material"
7: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan" [syn: condense, concentrate, contract]

Merriam Webster's

verb (condensed; condensing) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin condensare, from com- + densare to make dense, from densus dense Date: 15th century transitive verb to make denser or more compact; especially to subject to condensation intransitive verb to undergo condensation Synonyms: see contract • condensable also condensible adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. make denser or more concentrated. 2 tr. express in fewer words; make concise. 3 tr. & intr. reduce or be reduced from a gas or solid to a liquid. Phrases and idioms: condensed milk milk thickened by evaporation and sweetened. Derivatives: condensable adj. Etymology: F condenser or L condensare (as com-, densus thick)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Condense Con*dense", v. i. 1. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit. --H. Spencer. 2. (Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Condense Con*dense", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf. Condensate.] 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton. The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. --Motley. 2. (Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston. Syn: To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Condense Con*dense", a. [L. condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.] The huge condense bodies of planets. --Bentley.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(condenses, condensing, condensed) 1. If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts. We have learnt how to condense serious messages into short, self-contained sentences... VERB: V n into n, also V n 2. When a gas or vapour condenses, or is condensed, it changes into a liquid. Water vapour condenses to form clouds... The compressed gas is cooled and condenses into a liquid... VERB: V, V into/out of n, also V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Compress, consolidate, concentrate; make dense, compact, or close; press together. 2. Abridge, abbreviate, shorten, epitomize, reduce, diminish, contract, curtail. 3. Reduce to a liquid state, liquefy. II. v. n. 1. Grow dense. 2. Become liquid, liquefy.

Moby Thesaurus

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