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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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