Compile \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)