archive

¹ar·chive

noun \ˈär-ˌkīv\

Definition of ARCHIVE

1

: a place in which public records or historical documents are preserved; also : the material preserved —often used in plural

2

: a repository or collection especially of information

Examples of ARCHIVE

1. an archive of historical manuscripts
2. The original movie was stored in a film archive.
3. He has been reading through the archives to research his article on the town's history.

Origin of ARCHIVE

French & Latin; French, from Latin archivum, from Greek archeion government house (in plural, official documents), from archē rule, government — more at arch-

First Known Use: 1603

Related to ARCHIVE

Synonyms

library

Related Words

rental library (or lending library); bibliotheca; stacks

Rhymes with ARCHIVE

alive, Argive, arrive, back dive, beehive, connive, contrive, crash-dive, deprive, derive, disk drive, endive, hard drive, high five, high-five, line drive, nosedive, ogive, revive, self-drive, skin-dive, skydive, survive, swan dive, take five, test-drive

²archive

transitive verb

ar·chivedar·chiv·ing

Definition of ARCHIVE

: to file or collect in or as if in an archive <archive documents> <archived tissue samples>

Examples of ARCHIVE

1. The organization was devoted to cataloging and archiving printed materials on the labor movement.
2. She archived her e-mail messages in a folder on her hard drive.
3. a collection of archived articles

First Known Use of ARCHIVE

1855