[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

compile \compile"\, 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 compiler2 to produce an assembly-language program or
      an executable program in machine language.
      pjc
see also:
compiled compiling pill 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

compile
     v 1: get or gather together; "i am accumulating evidence for the
          man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "she is amassing a
          lot of data for her thesis"; "she rolled up a small
          fortune" syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile
          up, amass, hoard
     2: put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
        syn: compose
     3: use a computer program to translate source code written in a
        particular programming language into computer-readable
        machine code that can be executed
see also:
roll up collect accumulate pile up amass hoard 
compose 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

55 moby thesaurus words for "compile":
   accumulate, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, assemble,
   batch, bring together, bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up,
   clump, cluster, collate, collect, colligate, collocate, combine,
   compare, compose, conglomerate, corral, cumulate, dig up,
   draw together, dredge up, drive together, gather, gather in,
   gather together, get in, get together, group, join, juxtapose,
   lump together, make up, mass, match, mobilize, muster, order,
   organize, pair, partner, put together, raise, rake up, rally,
   round up, scrape together, systematize, take up, whip in

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