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noun 
  1. A place for store, storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
  2. The material so kept, considered as a whole (cf. archives).
His of Old High German language texts is the most extensive in Britain.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: archief
  • German: Archiv(de)n
  • Italian: archivio(it)m
  • Spanish: archivo(es)m
verb (archiv, ing)
  1. To put into an archive.
I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: archiveren
  • French: archiver
  • German: archivieren
  • Spanish: archivar(es)
Etymology: From French archives, from Latin archÄva, from Greek arkheia, plural of arkheion, "town hall".


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