Condense — Defs

01 v. t. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.

imp. & p. p. Condensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing

1.
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.
2.
To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.(Chem. & Physics)

Phrases & compounds

Condensed milk — milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation.

Condensing engine — a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston.

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

02 v. i. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.

1.
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.
2.
To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.(Chem.)

03 a. Condensed; compact; dense.

1.
Condensed; compact; dense.[R.]
“The huge condense bodies of planets.” — Bentley.