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Make little of (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

condense

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'make' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for condense that I've seen before include "Change from vapour to liquid" , "Reduce volume" , "precis" , "cut down" , "Abbreviate" .)

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