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ar·chive (är′kīv′)

noun

    1. a place where public records, documents, etc. are kept
    2. a place where material having documentary interest, as private papers, institutional records, memorabilia, or photographs, is kept
  2. the records, material, etc. kept in either of such places

Etymology: Fr archif < LL archivum < Gr archeion, town hall < archē, the beginning, government

transitive verb archived -·chived′, archiving -·chiv′·ing

to place or keep (records, papers, etc.) in or as in archives

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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