compile

The definition of compile means to gather a number of things together into one.

(verb)

Collecting photos for a photo album is an example of to compile.

See compile in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to gather and put together (statistics, facts, etc.) in an orderly form
to compose (a book, etc.) of materials gathered from various sources
to translate (a computer program, instruction, etc. in a high-level language) into machine language: said of a compiler program

Origin: ME compilen < OFr compiler < L compilare, to snatch together, plunder < com-, together + pilare, to compress, ram down

See compile in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb com·piled, com·pil·ing, com·piles

To gather into a single book.
To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources: compile an encyclopedia.
Computer Science To translate (a program) into machine language.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English compilen

Origin: , from Old French compiler

Origin: , probably from Latin compīlāre, to plunder

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + pīla, heap (of stones), pillar

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