transitive. To make dense (in consistency), thicken, condense.

To abbreviate, abridge, condense; reflexive to speak or write briefly. Obsolete.

To comprise, include; to condense in brief expressions. Obsolete.

figurative. To reduce into smaller volume (as if by pressure). Language, thoughts, etc.; to condense.

transferred and figurative. esp. To compress (thought or meaning) into few words; to reduce (a speech or writing) within smaller compass by…

transitive. To condense, compress. Cf. pemmicanize, v.

transitive. To condense, compress; esp. to make concise, reduce to a digest or summary. Cf. pemmican, v.

to boil away (intr.): to evaporate in boiling. to boil down: to lessen the bulk of (anything) by boiling; figurative to condense, epitomize.

transitive. To reduce (something) to its essence; to epitomize, to condense.