compile

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to put together out of existing material

   compile a list

2. 2
   verb

   To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

   Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

3. 3
   verb

   To construct; to build.

   Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]

4. 4
   verb

   To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.

   Steve Davis compiled a 147.

5. 5
   verb

   To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

   After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.

6. 6
   verb

   To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

   There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.

7. 7
   verb

   To contain or comprise.

   After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile.

8. 8
   verb

   To write; to compose.

   They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice

Etymology

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).