COMPILING

compilation, compiling

(noun) the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); “the job of compiling the inventory took several hours”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

compiling

present participle of compile

Source: Wiktionary


COMPILE

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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