See Also: Compile(money)
compile(dictionary)
compile(dictionary)

compile (iou)



compile verb trans. ME.
[Old & mod. French compiler put together, collect, or its presumed source Latin compilare plunder, plagiarize.]
Collect (materials) into a list, volume, etc. ME.
L. Stephen Compiling notes to the Iliad from Eustathius.
Make up (a volume etc.) of materials from various sources. LME.
V. Cronin The Princess began compiling a Russian dictionary.
Compose (a poem, story, etc.). LME-L16.
Make up, build. L15-L17.
Heap or gather together. L16-E19.
In Cricket etc., accumulate (a specified high score). L19.
Computing. Cause (a program etc.) to be changed from a high-level language into machine language or a low-level language designed for execution. M20.
compilement noun (a) a structure; an accumulation; (b) = COMPILATION: E17-M19.
compiler noun (a) a person who compiles materials, a volume, etc.; (b) an author, a composer; (c) Computing a program for putting other programs into a form suitable for a particular computer: ME.