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   condense

   /kənˈdɛns/

   verb

   • 1. make (something) denser or more concentrated: "the morning play on Saturday was condensed into a half-hour package"
   • ▪ express (written or spoken material) in fewer words; make concise: "he condensed the three plays into a three-hour drama" Similar abridgeshortencutabbreviatecompresscompactcontracttelescopesummarizesynopsizeprecisabstractdigestencapsulatetruncatecurtailrare:epitomizeOpposite lengthenexpand
   • 2. change or cause to change from a gas or vapour to a liquid: "the moisture vapour in the air condenses into droplets of water" Similar precipitateliquefybecome liquiddeliquesceliquidizeOpposite vaporizegasify

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French condenser or Latin condensare, from condensus ‘very thick’, from con- ‘completely’ + densus ‘dense’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. condensable adjective

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