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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Condense \Con*dense"\, 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Condense \Con*dense"\, a. [L. condensus.]
     Condensed; compact; dense. [R.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The huge condense bodies of planets.     --Bentley.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Condense \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.
        [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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Condense \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Condense \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Condense \Con*dense"\, a. [L. condensus.]
     Condensed; compact; dense. [R.]
  
           The huge condense bodies of planets.     --Bentley.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  condense
       v 1: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid
            state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid
            distills at a specific temperature" [syn: distill, distil]
       2: make more concise; "condense the contents of a book into a
          summary" [syn: digest, concentrate]
       3: remove water from; "condense the milk"
       4: cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid; "The cold air
          condensed the steam"
       5: become more compact or concentrated; "Her feelings
          condensed"
       6: develop due to condensation; "All our planets condensed out
          of the same material"
       7: compress or concentrate; "Congress condensed the three-year
          plan into a six-month plan" [syn: concentrate, contract]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  condense
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr condenser  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it condensa)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: condensar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  condense
     a.
     (lb en archaic) Condensed; compact; dense.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more
  close, compact, or dense, thereby decrease size or volume.
     2 (lb en transitive chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into
  a liquid state via condensation.
     3 (lb en intransitive chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous
  state into a liquid state.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  condense
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr condenser  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it condensa)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: condensar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  condense
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr condenser  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Italian n.
     (plural of it condensa)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: condensar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  condense
     Englanti vb.
     1 lauhduttaa
     2 lyhentää, supistaa, tiivistää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  condense
     Engelska vb.
     1 kondensera, förtäta
     2 förkorta

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Condense /kəndˈɛns/
  مكثّف

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  condense //kənˈdɛns// 
  1. втечнявам се
  to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state
  2. концентрирам, сгъстявам
  to concentrate toward the essence
  3. втечнявам
  to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  condense /kəndˈɛns/ 
  zkrátit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  condense /kəndˈɛns/ 
  kondenzovat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  condense /kəndˈɛns/ 
  kondensieren , sich niederschlagen 
   see: condensing, condensed, condenses, condensed, The dew had laid.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  condense /kəndˈɛns/ 
  verdichten, komprimieren 
   see: condensing, condensed, condenses, condensed
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  condense /kəndˈɛns/
  
  συνοψίζω, συμπυκνώνω, υγροποιώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  condense //kənˈdɛns// 
  1. tiivistyä, kondensoitua
  to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state
  2. tiivistää
  to concentrate toward the essence
  3. kondensoida, tiivistää
  to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  condense /kəndˈɛns/ 
  1. सघन~होना, जम~जाना
        "Water vapour condenses into water. "
  2. छोटा~करना
        "Congress condensed the three-year plan into a six-month plan"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  condense /kəndˈɛns/
  kondenzirati se, sažeto izraziti, skratiti, zgusnuti, zgušnjavati se

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  condense //kənˈdɛns// 
  1. 液化 2.
  to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state
   3.
  to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state
  2. 凝縮, 濃縮
  to concentrate toward the essence

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  condense /kənˈdens/ 
   1.  ścieśniać, kondensować
   2.  skraplać się, skraplać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  condense //kənˈdɛns// 
  kondensera 2.
  to transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state
   3.
  to be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kənˈdɛns/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/kɔ̃dɑ̃s/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  137 Moby Thesaurus words for "condense":
     abbreviate, abridge, abstract, accelerate, aggravate,
     be telegraphic, beef up, blow up, bob, boil down, brief, cake,
     candy, capsule, capsulize, circumscribe, clip, coarct, compact,
     complicate, compress, concentrate, concrete, congest, consolidate,
     constrict, constringe, contract, cram, cramp, crop, crowd,
     crystallize, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, cut off short,
     cut short, decrease, deepen, densen, densify, digest, distill,
     dock, double, draw, draw in, draw together, dribble, drip, dripple,
     drop, elide, enhance, epitomize, exacerbate, exaggerate, filter,
     foreshorten, granulate, gurgle, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up,
     intensify, inventory, jam, jazz up, key up, knit, leach, lixiviate,
     magnify, make complex, minimize, mow, narrow, nip, nutshell,
     outline, percolate, poll, pollard, press, prune, pucker, pucker up,
     purse, ram down, ramify, reap, recap, recapitulate, redouble,
     reduce, reinforce, retrench, seep, set, sharpen, shave, shear,
     shorten, shrink, sketch, sketch out, snub, solidify, soup up,
     spurtle, squeeze, step up, strangle, strangulate, strengthen,
     stunt, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, sweat, synopsize,
     take a set, take in, telescope, thicken, trickle, trim, triple,
     truncate, waste no words, weep, whet, wrinkle
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 浓缩,摘要,缩短;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 使浓缩,摘要,缩短
     vi. 浓缩,凝结

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