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