Noah Webster
Compile
COMPILE, verb transitive
1. To collect parts or passages of books or writings into a book or pamphlet; to select and put together parts of an author, or to collect parts of different authors; or to collect and arrange separate papers, laws, or customs, in a book, code or system.
2. To write; to compose.
In poetry, thy compile the praises o virtuous men and actions.
3. To contain; to comprise.
4. To make up; to compose.
5. To put together; to build.