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: a place in which public records or historical documents are preserved; also : the material preserved —often used in plural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

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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