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Definition of: compile
(kəm·pīl′) v t. ·piled, ·pil·ing
1. To compose (a literary work, etc.) from other works.
2. To gather (materials borrowed or transcribed) into a volume or into orderly form. [<L compilare <com- thoroughly + pilare strip, plunder; prob. infl. in meaning by PILE]
—com·pi·la·to·ry (kəm·pī′lə·tôr′ē, -tō′rē) adjective
—com·pil′er noun
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