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Variant of compile

compile definition

com·pile (kəm pīl′)

transitive verb compiled -·piled′, compiling -·pil′·ing

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

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

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