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   Condense , v. 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.]
   To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
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   In what shape they choose,
   Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure.
   Milton.
   
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   The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation.
   Motley.
   
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   (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.
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   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.
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   Condense, v. i.
   To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
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   Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit.
   H. Spencer.
   
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   (Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization.
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   Condense, a. [L. condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.]
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   The huge condense bodies of planets.
   Bentley.
   
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