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.
  2. Noun.  The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
  3. Verb.  To put into an archive.

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