Compile \Com*pile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Compiling.]
[F. compiler, fr.L. compilare to
plunder, pillage; com- + pilare to plunder. See Pill, v.
t., Pillage.]
1. To put together; to construct; to build. [Obs.]
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Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]
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Which these six books compile. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
3. To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents. [1913 Webster]
He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
4. To write; to compose. [Obs.]
--Sir W. Temple.
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5. (Computers) to process (computer program source code) with a compiler[2] to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language. [PJC]
compiling
noun1: the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" [syn: compilation, compiling]
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