1.To put together; to construct; to build. (Obs.) "Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile."
2.To contain or comprise. (Obs.) "Which these six books compile."
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."
4.To write; to compose. (Obs.)
5.(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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