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compile (something) from (something)

To assemble something from component parts. Don't worry, I'm compiling a study guide from the notes I took this semester. I'm making Grandma a collage for her birthday, and I am compiling some excellent shots from all these family photo albums. I hear the publisher is going to compile an anthology from all of the essays we sent in!
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compile something from something

to make up something from something; to collect and consolidate something from something. She compiled a book of poetry from verses written by her friends. Lynn compiled a picture book from family photographs going back almost a century.
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