The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]
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            Which these six books compile.        --Spenser.
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   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.
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            He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a
            History of Rome.                      --Macaulay.
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   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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

compiling
    n 1: 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]