compile
verb (used with object)
to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
recompile
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a word derived from
compile.
Example Sentences
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In any other system, the programmer would have had to rewrite the code and recompile a huge block of the program, maybe even all of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
How about Microsoft, which had the front to recompile Windows to run on ARM chips to produce the Surface RT?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2013
Node:recompile the world, Next:rectangle slinger, Previous:reaper, Up:= R = recompile the world The surprisingly large amount of work that needs to be done as the result of any small but globally visible program change.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
And having done this once, he was then able to recompile the compiler from the original sources, leaving his back door in place and active but with no trace in the sources.
From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Eric S. Raymond
For instance, "Add one #define to stdio.h, and you have to recompile the world."
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
