condense

To condense is to make something shorter or more concentrated, or to cause to change from a gas or vapor to a liquid.

(verb)

When you take a paper that is two pages and shorten it to one, this is an example of a time when you condense the paper.
When a cool air temperature makes steam turn to water, this is an example of a time when the air condenses the steam.

See condense in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume of; compress
to express in fewer words; make concise; abridge
to change (a substance) to a denser form, as from a gas to a liquid
Chem. to cause molecules of (the same or different substances) to combine to form a more complex compound, often with elimination of a simple molecule, as water

Origin: Fr condenser < L condensare < condensus, very dense < com-, intens. + densus, dense

intransitive verb

to become condensed

Related Forms:

See condense in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es

verb, transitive

To reduce the volume or compass of.
To make more concise; abridge or shorten.
Physics
a. To cause (a gas or vapor) to change to a liquid.
b. To remove water from (milk, for example).

verb, intransitive