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. [ 1913 Webster ]

In what shape they choose,
Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. condensus. ] Condensed; compact; dense. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The huge condense bodies of planets. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Psychol) representing two or more ideas or emotions by a single symbol; as, a condensed expression of various feelings and ideas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. shortened by rewriting with fewer words; -- used of texts; as, a condensed book. Opposite of unabridged.
Syn. -- abridged. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as, condensed milk. Opposite of uncondensed.
Syn. -- concentrated[ 5 ]. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. narrower than usual for a particular height; -- of printers' type. Opposite of expanded. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, condenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physic) (a) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape. (b) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate. (c) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Achromatic condenser (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. --
Bull's-eye condenser, or
Bull's-eye (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. --
Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. --
Surface condenser, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. densus; akin to Gr. &unr_; thick with hair or leaves: cf. F. dense. ] 1. Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. [ 1913 Webster ]

All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

To replace the cloudy barrier dense. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stupid; gross; crass; as, dense ignorance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dense, compact manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being dense; density. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A perennial herb of Northeastern U. S. (Hydrastis Canadensis) having a thick knotted yellow rootstock and large rounded leaves.
Syn. -- golden seal, yellow root, turmeric root, Hydrastis Canadensis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To condense again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ So called from Petrus Waldus, or Peter Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, who founded this sect about a. d. 1170. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles. [ 1913 Webster ]