To make or form (a written or printed work) by putting together in due order or in an order adapted to the given purpose, and with such changes and additions as may be deemed necessary or desirable, literary, historical, or other written or printed materials collected from various sources; prepare or draw up by selecting, adapting, and rearranging existing materials: as, to compile tables of weights and measures; to compile a gazetteer or a glossary.To write; compose.To contain; comprise.To make up or place (together); compose; construct.To bring into accord or agreement; reconcile.To score, earn, ‘pile up’ (usually of a large number of runs).