verb get or gather together.
— synonyms: roll_up, collect, accumulate, pile_up, amass, hoard
verb put together out of existing material.
— synonyms: compose
verb use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed.
Examples
“Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.”
“After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.”
“There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile.”