different between obtain vs archive

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman obtenir, optiner et al., and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtin?re (“to gain, achieve, succeed, possess”), from ob- + ten?re (“to hold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?te?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Homophone: abthane

Verb

obtain (third-person singular simple present obtains, present participle obtaining, simple past and past participle obtained)

1. (transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Luke XVIII:

     And a certayne ruler axed him: sayinge: Goode Master: what ought I to do, to obtaine eternall lyfe?
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1722, Daniel Defoe, Colonel Jack:

     he was condemned to die for the felony, and being so well known for an old offender, had certainly died, but the merchant, upon his earnest application, had obtained that he should be transported, on condition that he restored all the rest of his bills, which he had done accordingly.

3. (intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:

     “O daughter deare!” (said she) “despeire no whit; / For never sore but might a salve obtain [...].”

   • 1701, Jonathan Swift, Contests and Dissentions in Athens and Rome:

     This, though it failed at present, yet afterward obtained, and was a mighty step to the ruin of the commonwealth.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy. [15th–18th c.]
5. (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force. [from 17th c.]
   • 1908, Jack London, The Iron Heel, ChapterXVII,

     Even though the Pervaise confession had never come to light, no reasonable doubt could obtain; for the act in question […] was on a par with countless other acts committed by the oligarchs, and, before them, by the capitalists.

   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, Bantam Spectra, p. 460,

     But the hostage situation no longer obtains, and so Uncle Enzo feels it important to stop Rife now, […]

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Bonita, boat-in

English

Etymology

From French archive, from Latin arch?vum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (arkheîon, “town hall”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ka?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???ka?v/, enPR: är'k?v'
• Hyphenation: ar?chive

Noun

archive (plural archives)

1. 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. The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).

3. (ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.

   soil archive; peat archive

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

1. To put into an archive.

Synonyms

• archivize

Translations

Anagrams

• Varchie

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.?iv/

Etymology 1

From archives.

Noun

archive f (plural archives)

1. (rare) an item in an archive, a document kept for historical interest
2. (rare) singular of archives

Etymology 2

Verb

archive

1. first-person singular present indicative of archiver
2. third-person singular present indicative of archiver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of archiver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of archiver
5. second-person singular imperative of archiver

Further reading

• “archive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chavire, chaviré

Spanish

Verb

archive

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of archivar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of archivar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of archivar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of archivar.