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