compilev. t.[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.()Before that Merlin died, he did intend
A brazen wall in compass to compile. (Spenser.)2. To contain or comprise.()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.(Sir W. Temple.)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.()