01 v. t. To put together; to construct; to build.
imp. & p. p.
Compiled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Compiling
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To put together; to construct; to build.[Obs.]“Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile.” — Spenser.
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To contain or comprise.[Obs.]“Which these six books compile.” — Spenser.
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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.” — Macaulay.
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To write; to compose.[Obs.]
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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)