condense Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf. Condensate.

imperfect & past participle Condensed ; present participle & verbal noun Condensing

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.
(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. Syn. -- To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.

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.
(Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization.

L. condensus.

Condensed; compact; dense. R.
The huge condense bodies of planets. Bentley.