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ar.cha.ic \a:r-'ka--ik\ aj [F or Gk; F archai:que, fr. Gk archai:kos, fr. 
   archaios] 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of an earlier or more 
   primitive time : ANTIQUATED 2: having the characteristics of the language 
   of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses 3: surviving from an 
   earlier period; specif : typical of a previou sly dominant evolutionary 
   stage