Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Compile \Com*pile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Compiled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Compiling}.] [F. compiler, fr.L. compilare to
   plunder, pillage; com- + pilare to plunder. See {Pill}, v.
   t., Pillage.]
   1. To put together; to construct; to build. [Obs.]

            Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall
            in compass to compile.                --Spenser.

   2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]

            Which these six books compile.        --Spenser.

   3. To put together in a new form out of materials already
      existing; esp., 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.

   4. To write; to compose. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.

Source : WordNet®

compiling
     n : the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or
         list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several
         hours" [syn: {compilation}]