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.
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 compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome.
Macaulay.
4. To write; to compose. Sir W. Temple.