Com-pīle', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. COMPILED; p. pr. & vb. n. COMPILING.] [Lat. compilare, to scrape together and carry off, to plunder, from com, for con, and pilare, to deprive of hair, to plunder, from pilus, a hair; Fr. compiler, Pr., Sp., & Pg., compilar, It. compilare.] 1. To put together; to compose; to construct; to build; to frame. [Obs.] Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile. Spenser. 2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.] After so long a race as I have run Through fairy land, which these six books compile, Give leave to rest me. Spenser. 3. To put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents. He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome. Macaulay.