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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Compile" Quotes from Famous Books

... itself a considerable library. Those who have contributed to it are, in literary quality, of many kinds and various degrees of excellence. It is not now so true as it once was that our best writers write for the benefit of tourists. If they do, it is to compile guide-books and describe automobile trips. In any search for adequate descriptions of scenes and places, we can not long depend on present-day writers, but must hark back to those of the last century. There we shall find Washington Irving's ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume I. - Great Britain and Ireland • Various

... ruled chart. He entered the particulars in a little book which he kept for purposes of that kind, and then retired to his chambers to study other matters. But before doing so, he entered a little apophthegm in another book. It was apparently a book in which he intended to compile a summary of his legal experiences. ...

— The Best British Short Stories of 1922 • Various

... things go on as they have been going lately, the statisticians who compile the "Public Health" averages will have to include, as one important item in their "Death Rates," the ravages of that annual epidemic popularly ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., December 13, 1890 • Various

... long a race as I have run Through Faery Land, which those six books compile, Give leave to rest me, being half foredonne, And gather to ...

— A Voyage to the Moon • George Tucker

... the 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 ...

— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

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