Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compile \Com*pile"\, 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.]
Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall
in compass to compile. --Spenser.
2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]
Which these six books compile. --Spenser.
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. --Macaulay.
4. To write; to compose. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
compile
v 1: get together [syn: {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
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