con·dense [ kən dénss ](past and past participlecon·densed, present participlecon·dens·ing, 3rd person present singularcon·dens·es)
verb
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb change from gas to liquid: to lose heat and change from a vapor into a liquid, or make a vapor change to a liquid
2. transitive and intransitive verb cooking thicken by removing water: to make something, especially a food, denser by removing water, or become denser in this way
3. transitive verb make text shorter: to reduce the length of a text by removing unnecessary words or passages or by expressing the content more concisely
4. transitive and intransitive verb chemistry form denser molecules: to bond together to form a larger denser molecule, or make molecules undergo this process
[15th century. Via French< Latin condensare "thicken" < condensus "very dense" < densus "thick"]
