Condense
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
Origin
From Middle French condenser, from Latin condensare.
Full definition of condense
Verb
- (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.
- 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.
- (intransitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
Synonyms
- (to decrease size or volume) minify