Condense | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Con-dĕnse′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CONDENSED (kon-dĕnst′); p. pr. & vb. n. CONDENSING.] [Lat. condensare, from con and densare, to make thick or dense, from densus, thick, dense, Fr. condenser, Sp. & Pg. condensar, It. condensare. See DENSE.]

Sense 1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress into a smaller compass; to consolidate.

The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. Motley.

Sense 2. (Chem. & Physics.) To reduce into another and denser form; as, to condense gas or vapor into a liquid or solid form.

Synonyms—To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; constipate.

Con-dénse', v. i.

verbintransitive

To become close or more compact; to approach or unite more closely; to grow thick; to be reduced into another and denser form. “Vapors when they begin to condense and coalesce into small parcels.” Newton.

Con-dĕnse', a.

adjective

a. [Lat. condensus, very dense, close, from con and densus, thick, dense.] Close in texture or composition; compact; firm; dense; condensed. [Rare.] “The huge condense bodies of planets.” Bentley.