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compile

com·pile [ kəm pl ] (past and past participle com·piled, present participle com·pil·ing, 3rd person present singular com·piles)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. gather things together: to bring things together from various places to form a whole

2. create something by compiling things: to create something by putting together things that have been gathered from various places
compile statistical data

3. comput translate computer language: to convert a computer program written in a high-level language into an intermediate language machine language using a special program compiler

[14th century. < French compiler, probably < Latin compilare "to plunder"]

com·pil·er noun
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