Doc"u*ment , v. t. 1. To
teach; to school. [Obs.]
I am finely
documented by my own daughter.
Dryden. 2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish facts or give information; as, a ship should
be documented according to the directions of law.
Doc"u*ment (-&usl;*ment), n. [LL.
documentum, fr. docere to teach: cf. F. document. See Docile.]
1. That which is
taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. [Obs.]
Learners should not be
too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time.
I.
Watts. 2. An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.]
They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others.
Sir W. Raleigh. 3. An original or official paper relied upon as the basis,
proof, or support of anything else; -- in its most
extended sense, including any
writing, book, or other instrument conveying information in the case; any
material substance on which the
thoughts of men are represented by any species of conventional mark or symbol.
Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic.
Paley.
Hear it pronounced