• Condense

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    Origin

    From Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.

    Full definition of condense

    Verb

    1. (transitive) To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.An abridged dictionary can be further condensed to pocket size.Boiling off water condenses a thin sauce into a soupier mixture.
    2. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate.
      • MiltonIn what shape they choose,
        Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
      • MotleyThe secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
    3. (intransitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.

    Synonyms

    • (to decrease size or volume) minify

    Adjective

    condense

    1. (archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.The huge condense bodies of planets. — Bentley.----
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