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con⋅dense

  [kuhn-dens] 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.
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Origin:
1475–85; < MF condenser < L condēnsāre, equiv. to con- con- + dēnsāre to thicken, v. deriv. of dēnsus dense

Synonyms:
1. compress, consolidate. 2. digest, epitomize, abstract, abbreviate. See contract.

Antonyms:
1. expand.
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con·dense   (kən-děns')   
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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: con·dense
Pronunciation: k&n-'den(t)s
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: con·densed; con·dens·ing
transitive senses
: to make denser or more compact; especially : to subject to condensation condense intransitive senses
: to undergocondensation —con·dens·able /-'den(t)-s&-b&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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