Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CON-DEM'NA-TO-RY, a.

Condemning; bearing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.

CON-DEM'NED, pp.

Censured; pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment.

CON-DEM'NER, n.

One who condemns or censures. – Taylor.

CON-DEM'NING, ppr.

Censuring; disallowing; pronouncing to be wrong, guilty, worthless or forfeited; sentencing to punishment.

CON-DENS'A-BLE, a. [See Condense.]

Capable of being condensed; that may be compressed into a smaller compass, and into a more close, compact state; as, vapor is condensable.

CON-DENS'ATE, a.

Made dense; condensed; made more close or compact. – Peacham.

CON-DENS'ATE, v.i.

To become more dense, close or hard.

CON-DENS'ATE, v.t. [See Condense.]

To condense; to compress into a closer form; to cause to take a more compact state; to make more dense.

CON-DENS'A-TED, pp.

Condensed; made more compact.

CON-DENS'A-TING, ppr.

Making more close or compact.

CON-DEN-SA'TION, n. [L. condensatio. See Condense.]

The act of making more dense or compact; or the act of causing the parts that compose a body to approach or unite more closely, either by mechanical pressure, or by a natural process; the state of being condensed. Dew and clouds are supposed to be formed by the condensation of vapor. It is opposed to rarefaction and expansion. Condensation is applicable to any compressible matter; and from condensation proceeds increased hardness, solidity and weight.

CON-DENS'A-TIVE, a.

Having a power or tendency to condense.

CON-DENSE', a. [condens'.]

Close in texture or composition; compact; firm; dense; condensated. [See Dense, which is generally used.] – Milton.

CON-DENSE', v.i. [condens'.]

To become close or more compact, as the particles of a body; to approach or unite more closely; to grow thick. Vapors condense and coalesce into small parcels. – Newton.

CON-DENSE', v.t. [condens'; L. condenso; con and denso, to make thick or close; It. condensare; Sp. and Port. condensar; Fr. condenser. See Dense.]

1. To make more close, thick or compact; to cause the particles of a body to approach, or to unite more closely, either by their own attraction or affinity, or by mechanical force. Thus, vapor is said to be condensed into water by the application of cold; and air is condensed in a tube by pressure. Hence the word is sometimes equivalent to compress.
2. To make thick; to inspissate; applied to soft compressible substances.
3. To compress into a smaller compass, or into a close body; to crowd; applied to separate individuals. Thus we say, to condense ideas into a smaller compass. – Dryden.

CON-DENS'ED, pp.

Made dense, or more close in parts; made or become compact; compressed into a narrower compass.

CON-DENS'ER, n.

1. A pneumatic engine or syringe in which air may be compressed. It consists of a cylinder, in which is a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent the air from escaping. – Encyc.
2. The part of a steam engine in which steam is condensed.

CON-DENS'ING, ppr.

Making more close or compact.

CON-DENS'I-TY, n.

The state of being condensed; denseness; density. [The latter are generally used.]

COND'ER, n. [Fr. conduire; L. conduco. See Cond.]

1. A person who stands upon a cliff, or elevated part of the sea-coast, in the time of the herring fishery, to point out to the fishermen by signs, the course of the shoals of fish. – Cowel.
2. One who gives directions to a helmsman how to steer the ship. – Encyc.

CON-DE-SCEND', v.i. [It. condescendere; Sp. condescender; Fr. condescendre; con and L. descendo. See Descend.]

1. To descend from the privileges of superior rank or dignity, to do some act to an inferior, which strict justice or the ordinary rules of civility do not require. Hence, to submit or yield, as to an inferior, implying an occasional relinquishment of distinction. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. – Rom. xii.
2. To recede from one's rights in negotiation, or common intercourse, to do some act, which strict justice does not require. Spain's mighty monarch, / In gracious clemency does condescend, / On these conditions, to become your friend. – Dryden.
3. To stoop or descend; to yield; to submit; implying a relinquishment of rank, or dignity of character, and sometimes a sinking into debasement. Can they think me so broken as debased, / With corporal servitude, that my mind ever / Will condescend to such absurd commands? – Milton.

CON-DE-SCEND'ENCE, n.

A voluntary yielding or submission to an inferior. You will observe [in the Turks] an insulting condescendence which bespeaks their contempt of you. – Eton.

CON-DE-SCEND'ING, ppr.

1. Descending from rank or distinction in the intercourse of life; receding from rights or claims; yielding.
2. adj. Yielding to inferiors; courteous; obliging.

CON-DE-SCEND'ING-LY, adv.

By way of yielding to inferiors; with voluntary submission; by way of kind concession; courteously. – Atterbury.

CON-DE-SCEN'SION, n.

Voluntary descent from rank, dignity or just claims; relinquishment of strict right; submission to inferiors in granting requests or performing acts which strict justice does not require. Hence, courtesy. It forbids pride and commands humility, modesty and condescension to others. – Tillotson. Raphael, amidst his tenderness, shows such a dignity and condescension in all his behavior, as are suitable to a superior nature. – Addison.