Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-PI-LA'TION
COM-PET'I-TRESS, or COM-PET'I-TRIXCOM-PI-LA'TOR
COM-PI-LA'TION, n. [See Compile.]
- A collection of certain parts of a book or books, into a separate book or pamphlet.
- A collection or assemblage of other substances; or the act of collecting and forming an aggregate. – Woodward.
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