[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

compiling
     n : the act of compiling as into a single book or file or
         list; "the job of compiling the inventory took several
         hours" syn: compilation
see also:
compilation 

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