compile

To make by gathering pieces from various sources.transitive

• Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

To construct; to build.obsolete

• Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]

To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.transitive

• Steve Davis compiled a 147.

To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.transitive

• After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.

To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.intransitive

• There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.

To contain or comprise.obsoletetransitive

• After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile.

To write; to compose.obsolete

• They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice

An act of compiling code.

• […] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.
• Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.