Definition of condense

• v. t. - To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.
• v. t. - To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water.
• v. i. - To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.
• v. i. - To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products.
• v. i. - To undergo polymerization.
• a. - Condensed; compact; dense.