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ar·chive  (ärkv)
n.
1. A place or collection containing records, documents, or other materials of historical interest. Often used in the plural: old land deeds in the municipal archives.
2. Computer Science
a. A long-term storage area, often on magnetic tape, for backup copies of files or for files that are no longer in active use.
b. A file containing one or more files in compressed format for more efficient storage and transfer.
3. A repository for stored memories or information: the archive of the mind.
tr.v. ar·chived, ar·chiv·ing, ar·chives
1. To place or store in an archive.
2. Computer Science To copy or compress (a file) into an archive.

[From French archives, from Latin archva, from Greek arkheia, pl. of arkheion, town hall, from arkh, government, from arkhein, to rule.]

archive [ark-ive]
Noun
1. a place where records or documents are kept
2. archives a collection of records or documents
3. Computers data put on tape or disk for long-term storage
Verb
to store in an archive

Archive, Archives a collection of documents, esp. a historical collection of written or printed material, nowadays including audio recordings and visual material.
Examples: archives of their ancient records, 1645; a living archive in that business, 1865; the universities, archives of all the errors of the age, 1878.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.archive - a depository containing historical records and documents
chancery - an office of archives for public or ecclesiastic records; a court of public records
depositary, depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping
Verb1.archivearchive - put into an archive
collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"

archive
noun record office, museum, registry, repository

When used in the context of deliberate planning, the directed command will remove the referenced operation plan, operation plan in concept format, and any associated Joint Operation Planning and Execution System automated data processing files from its library of active plans. All material will be prepared for shipment to appropriate archive facilities in accordance with appropriate command directives. See also maintain; retain.
Translations
Spanish archive [ˈɑːkaɪv] n (often pl) (also COMPUT) → archivo
French archive [ˈɑːkaɪv] n (often pl) → archives fpl

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Here is the text of the dispatch, which figures now in the archives of the Gun Club:
Meanwhile, however, it is fast locked and buried deep in the archives of the club.
Richard and Moncharmin, by little Meg herself (the worthy Madame Giry, I am sorry to say, is no more) and by Sorelli, who is now living in retirement at Louveciennes: all the documents relating to the existence of the ghost, which I propose to deposit in the archives of the Opera, have been checked and confirmed by a number of important discoveries of which I am justly proud.
 
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