COMPILE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To put together; to construct; to build. [Obs.] Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile. Spenser.

2.
v.

To contain or comprise. [Obs.] Which these six books compile. Spenser.

3.
v.

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.
v.

To write; to compose. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

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