Compiled

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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              Before that Merlin died, he did intend
              A brazen wall in compass to compile.  --Spenser.
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     2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]
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              Which these six books compile.        --Spenser.
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     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.
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              He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a
              History of Rome.                      --Macaulay.
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     4. To write; to compose. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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     5. (Computers) to process (computer program source code) with
        a compiler[2] to produce an assembly-language program or
        an executable program in machine language.
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