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Definition of Archive

1. Noun. A depository containing historical records and documents.

Definition of Archive

1. n. The place in which public records or historic documents are kept.

Definition of Archive

1. Noun. A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest. ¹

2. Noun. The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives). ¹

3. Verb. To put into an archive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Archive

1. to file in an archive (a place where records are kept) [v -CHIVED, -CHIVING, -CHIVES] : ARCHIVAL [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Archive

Literary usage of Archive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide to Materials for American History in Russian Archives by Frank Alfred Golder (1917)
"The archive at Moscow was regarded as a sinecure and old and ... Being located near the river Moskva, the archive building was flooded with every great rise ..."

2. Guide to the County Archives of California by California Historical Survey Commission, John Francis Davis (1919)
"THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF archive STUDY Value to Keepers of Records. The study of archive problems, such as has been undertaken in this present survey, ..."

3. Political Dictionary: Forming a Work of Universal Reference, Both by Charles Knight (1845)
"archive, or archiveS, a chamber or apartment where the public papers or records of a ... Others derive the word archive from area, " a chest," such being ..."

4. Bulletin of the American Library Association by American Library Association (1914)
"Moreover, library administration is one thing, and archive ... The present Librarian of Congress could administer an archive alongside his library, ..."

5. DeBow's Review ...: Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial Progress & Resources by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Q. Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1859)
"TIL— THE archive WAR OF TEXAS. TEXAS has been the theatre of many wars ... and among her many conflicts an archive war, which deserves a place in the annals ..."

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