Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
COMPILE
compose, compile
(verb) put together out of existing material; “compile a list”
compile
(verb) use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
compile (third-person singular simple present compiles, present participle compiling, simple past and past participle compiled)
(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
(obsolete) To construct, build.
(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
(intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
(obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.
(obsolete) To write; to compose.
Hyponyms
• cross-compile
• transcompile
Noun
compile (plural compiles)
(programming) An act of compiling code.
Anagrams
• polemic
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pile", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Compiling.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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