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compile verb [ kəmˈpʌɪl ]

• produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources.
• "the local authority must compile a list of the names and addresses of taxpayers"
Similar: assemble, put together, make up, collate, compose, marshal, organize, arrange, sort out, systematize, systemize, anthologize, gather, collect, accumulate, amass,
• convert (a program) into a machine-code or lower-level form in which the program can be executed.
• "this allows you to create programs and compile them"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French compiler or its apparent source, Latin compilare ‘plunder or plagiarize’.


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