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From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

transitive To make by gathering pieces from various sources. Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
obsolete To construct; to build. Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]
transitive To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots. Steve Davis compiled a 147.
transitive To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code. After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.
intransitive To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code. There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.
obsolete, transitive To contain or comprise. 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.
obsolete To write; to compose. 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.