recondensation

[Pref. re-, and English condensation (q. v.).] The act of recondensing. re-con-děnse', v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. condense (q. v.).] To condense anew or again. "In the heads of stills and necks of eolipiles, such vapors quickly are by a very little cold recondensed into water."- Boyle . rěc-on-dīte, re-con-dite, *rec-on-dit, adj . [Lat. recon dit us , pa. par. of recon do to put back again: re -back, and condo to put together; Sp. & Ital. recondito ; O. Fr. recondit .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Hidden from the view or mental perception; abstruse, secret, profound, deep. "Which key is able to unlock that recondite mystery." -More: Immort. of the Soul , bk. ii., ch. xii. 2. Dealing with things abstruse; profound, deep. "No acquisitions of recondite learning." -Bp. Horsley: Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 16. II. Bot .: Concealed; not to be seen easily. *re-con-di-tõr-ý, s . [Low Lat. reconditorium, from Lat. recon dit us recondite (q. v.).] A repository, a storehouse, a magazine.