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Compile v. t. (past & past part. compiled; pres. part. compiling)

To put together; to construct; to build. (Obs.) "Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile."

To contain or comprise. (Obs.) "Which these six books compile."

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."

To write; to compose. (Obs.)

(Computers) To process (computer program source code) with a compiler (2) to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language.

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Etymology of 'Compile'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Compile" Quotes from Famous Books

... of this work have been shown by the progressive and recognized practitioners who have seen early copies. They recognize it as a timely attempt to create and compile health literature in a form most complete within its limits of space, and in a manner most helpful and sane. The eager curiosity regarding themselves that has been sweeping over the American people has been diverted into frivolous and harmful channels by much reckless talk and writing. ...

— The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) • Various

... of him is preserved even unto this day. This being was accustomed to pass the day among men, but took no food at that season, and he gave them an insight into letters and arts of all kinds. He taught them to construct cities, to found temples, to compile laws, and explained to them the principles of geometrical knowledge. He made them distinguish the seeds of the earth, and showed them how to collect the fruits; in short, he instructed them in everything which could tend to ...

— The Antediluvian World • Ignatius Donnelly

... morn in flowery May, And sweet is night in autumn mild; When roving thro' the garden gay, Or wand'ring in the lonely wild: But woman, nature's darling child! There all her charms she does compile; Even there her other works are foil'd By the bonie lass ...

— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

... Linda's fish, a little explanation is necessary. Hauptmann was not merely a philologer, which is a formidable thing in itself, but he belonged to the esoteric group that deals with languages which have no literature. As he had often remarked, any fool could compile a grammar of a language that has left extensive documents; the process was almost mechanical, but to reconstruct a grammar of a language that has left practically no remains, that required acumen. Hauptmann did not belong, however, to the transcendental school that creates purely inferential ...

— The Collectors • Frank Jewett Mather

... work the writer has sought to compile a popular review of a great fauna—the Reptiles of North America. He has excluded technical phraseology and tried to produce two results: 1. A popular book, that may be comprehended by the beginner and, 2. A book valuable in its details ...

— A Mother's List of Books for Children • Gertrude Weld Arnold

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