archive: Meaning and Definition of

ar•chive

1. Usually,documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
2. a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.
3. any extensive record or collection of data: The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. The experience was sealed in the archive of her memory.

1. to place or store in an archive: to vote on archiving the city's historic documents.