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Webster 1913 Edition

Condense

Con-dense′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Condensed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Condensing
.]
[L.
condensare
;
con-
+
densare
to make thick or dense,
densus
thick, dense: cf. F.
condenser
. See
Dense
, and cf.
Condensate
.]
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.
(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.

Con-dense′

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

Con-dense′

,
Adj.
[L.
condensus
.]
Condensed; compact; dense.
[R.]
The huge
condense
bodies of planets.
Bentley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Condense

CONDENSE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to make thick or close. See Dense.]
1.
To make more close, thick or compact; to cause the particles of a body to approach, or to unite more closely, either by their own attraction or affinity, or by mechanical force. Thus, vapor is said to be condensed into water by the application of cold; and air is condensed in a tube by pressure. Hence the word is sometimes equivalent to compress.
2.
To make thick; to inspissate; applied to soft compressible substances.
3.
To compress into a smaller compass, or into a close body; to crowd; applied to separate individuals. Thus we say to condense ideas into a smaller compass.

CONDENSE

,
Verb.
I.
To become close or more compact, as the particles of a body; to approach or unite more closely; to grow thick.
Vapors condense and coalesce into small parcels.

CONDENSE

,
Adj.
Close in texture or composition; compact; firm; dense; condensated. [See Dense, which is generally used.]

Definition 2024

condensé

condensé

See also: condense

French

Verb

condensé m ‎(feminine singular condensée, masculine plural condensés, feminine plural condensées)

  1. past participle of condenser

Adjective

condensé m ‎(feminine singular condensée, masculine plural condensés, feminine plural condensées)

  1. condensed

Spanish

Verb

condensé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of condensar.

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