plural of archive

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive

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.

(transitive) To put (something) into an archive.

present participle of archive

simple past tense and past participle of archive

Having been placed into an archive.

Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving. / Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.

(uncountable) The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.

By archival means / In archival terms