transitive verb compiled, compiling
- 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