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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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.] [1913 Webster]

Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

2.To contain or comprise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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]

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