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de-archive

de-archive verb: to remove from an archive.

Verb

de-archive (third-person singular simple present de-archives, present participle de-archiving, simple past and past participle de-archived)

  1. (transitive, uncommon) To remove from an archive.
  2. (transitive) To render a file that has been archived available for editing.

Forms of de-archive

third-person singular presentde-archives
present participlede-archiving
past participlede-archived
pastde-archived

Origin of de-archive

From de- + archive.

Questions about de-archive

What does de-archive mean?
De-archive means to remove from an archive.
What part of speech is de-archive?
De-archive is a verb.
What is the past tense of de-archive?
The past tense of de-archive is de-archived.

Words near de-archive in the dictionary

  1. de-anonymizing
  2. de-appendicize
  3. de-appendicized
  4. de-appendicizes
  5. de-appendicizing
  6. de-archive
  7. de-archived
  8. de-archives
  9. de-archiving
  10. de-arrest
  11. de-arrested

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