I. kəmˈpīl, esp before pause or consonant -īəl transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English compilen, from Middle French compiler, from Latin compilare to plunder, rob, from com- + -pilare (perhaps akin to Latin pila pillar, pier) — more at pile
1. : to collect and assemble (written material or items from various sources) into a document or volume or a series of documents or volumes
compile authoritative books as well as numerous articles — W.M.Emery
compile a weather map
compile a statistical chart
2. obsolete : to compose as an original literary work
compile sharp satires — Christopher Marlowe
3.
a. : to put together
“chlorophyll”, a name compiled from the Greek words for “green-leaf” — W.E.Swinton
b. : to pile up
compile a great majority of votes
: list , enumerate
a whole literature on him that compiles defects as well as virtues
II. transitive verb
: to run (as a program) through a compiler