Compile /(?)/

Com·pile

Compile

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Compiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Compiling

  1. To put together; to construct; to build. [Obs.]
    Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile.
  2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]
    Which these six books compile.
  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.
    He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome.
  4. To write; to compose. [Obs.]
  5. to process (computer program source code) with a compiler{2} to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language. (Computers)