COMPILE

Definitions

1. 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. 2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.] Which these six books compile. Spenser.
3. 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. 4. To write; to compose. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.