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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
con·dense       [kuhn-dens] Pronunciation Key verb, -densed, -dens·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
2.to reduce to a shorter form; abridge: Condense your answer into a few words.
3.to reduce to another and denser form, as a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid state.
–verb (used without object)
4.to become denser or more compact or concentrated.
5.to reduce a book, speech, statement, or the like, to a shorter form.
6.to become liquid or solid, as a gas or vapor: The steam condensed into droplets.
[Origin: 1475–85; < MF condenser < L condénsāre, equiv. to con- con- + dénsāre to thicken, v. deriv. of dénsus dense]

—Synonyms 1. compress, consolidate. 2. digest, epitomize, abstract, abbreviate. See contract.
—Antonyms 1. expand.
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con·dense       (kən-děns')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es

v.   tr.
  1. To reduce the volume or compass of.
  2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten.
  3. Physics
    1. To cause (a gas or vapor) to change to a liquid.
    2. To remove water from (milk, for example).

v.   intr.
  1. To become more compact.
  2. To undergo condensation.


[Middle English condensen, from Old French condenser, from Latin condēnsāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + dēnsāre, to thicken (from dēnsus, thick).]

con·dens'a·bil'i·ty n., con·dens'a·ble, con·dens'i·ble adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
condense 
1477, from L. condensare "to make dense," from com- intensive prefix + densare "make thick," from densus "dense."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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condense

verb
1. undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" 
2. make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a summary" [syn: digest] 
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" 

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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.

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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.

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Condense

Con*dense"\, a. [L. condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.]

The huge condense bodies of planets. --Bentley.

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