The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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In what shape they choose,
Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. --Milton.
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The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid
may be condensed into the usual formula,
dissimulation, procrastination, and again
dissimulation. --Motley.
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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.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
condensed \condensed\ adj.
1. (Psychol) representing two or more ideas or emotions by a
single symbol; as, a condensed expression of various
feelings and ideas.
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2. shortened by rewriting with fewer words; -- used of texts;
as, a condensed book. Opposite of unabridged.
Syn: abridged.
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3. reduced to a stronger or more concentrated form; as,
condensed milk. Opposite of uncondensed.
Syn: concentrated[5].
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4. narrower than usual for a particular height; -- of
printers' type. Opposite of expanded.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
109 Moby Thesaurus words for "condensed":
Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abstracted, aposiopestic, bobbed,
bobtail, bobtailed, brief, brusque, canned, capsule, capsulized,
clamped, clipped, close, close-knit, close-textured, close-woven,
compact, compacted, compendious, compressed, concentrated, concise,
concrete, congested, consolidated, constricted, contracted,
crammed, crammed full, cramped, crisp, cropped, crowded, curt,
curtailed, cut, cut short, dense, digested, docked, elided,
elliptic, epigrammatic, firm, gluey, gnomic, hard, heavy,
impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, jammed, knitted, laconic,
massive, mowed, mown, nipped, nonporous, packed, pinched,
pinched-in, pithy, pocket, pointed, pollard, polled, potted,
pruned, puckered, pursed, reaped, reserved, sententious, serried,
shaved, sheared, short, short and sweet, short-cut, shortened,
snub, snubbed, solid, solidified, squeezed, strangled,
strangulated, substantial, succinct, summary, synopsized, taciturn,
terse, thick, thick-growing, thickset, tight, to the point,
trimmed, truncated, viscid, viscose, viscous, wasp-waisted,
wrinkled