Condense

v. t.	1.	To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize. [imp. & p. p. Condensed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing.] 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.
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.) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
a.	1.	Condensed; compact; dense. The huge condense bodies of planets. - Bentley.

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

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