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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Archetype \Ar"che*type\ ([aum]r"k[-e]*t[imac]p), n. [L.
archetypum, Gr. 'arche`typon, fr. 'arche`typos stamped first
and as model; 'arche = 'archi + ty`pos stamp, figure,
pattern, ty`ptein to strike: cf. F. arch['e]type. See
{Arch-}, pref.]
1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from
which a thing is made or formed.
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The House of Commons, the archetype of all the
representative assemblies which now meet.
--Macaulay.
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Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that
was to come into the world. --South.
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2. (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others are
adjusted.
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3. (Biol.) The plan or fundamental structure on which a
natural group of animals or plants or their systems of
organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the
vertebrate archetype.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
archetype
n 1: something that serves as a model or a basis for making
copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" [syn:
{original}, {archetype}, {pilot}]
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