Con*dense" (?), 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.] 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.
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.
Con*dense", v. 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", a. [L.
condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.]
The huge condense bodies of planets.
Bentley.
