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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• condense:
    1. I. Lit.: of particles of matter:
      1. 1. condenso, 1: Col.
      2. 2. denso, 1 (also denseo, 2: Lucr.: Ov.): Jupiter c.s with south winds what was rare just now, Jupiter austris d. erant quae rara modo, Virg. (who has also the comp. addenso = denso).
      3. 3. spisso, 1: c.d fire turns to dense air, ignis densum spissatus in aëra transit, Ov.: v. to thicken. (Or expr. by circuml.: as, air is c.'d on the withdrawal of heat, *igne s. calore detracto densior fit aër.) In special sense, of the conversion of steam into water: *vaporem condensare et ad naturam aquae revocare.
    2. II. Fig.: of style:
      1. 1. denso, 1: to c. a speech, orationem d., Quint.
      2. 2. prĕmo, ssi, ssum, 3: to c. a matter, rem p., as opp. to dilatare, Cic. Phr.: to speak in too c.d a manner, adstrictius dicere, Cic.: v. to compress.