Document \Doc"u*ment\, v. t.
1. To teach; to school. [Obs.]
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I am finely documented by my own daughter. --
Dryden.
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2. To furnish with documents or papers necessary to establish
facts or give information; as, a a ship should be
documented according to the directions of law.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
document \doc"u*ment\ (d[o^]k"[-u]*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.]
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Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap
or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. --
I. Watts.
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2. An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.]
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They were forth with stoned to death, as a document
to others. -- Sir W.
Raleigh.
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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.
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Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents
and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic.
--Paley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
document
n 1: writing that provides information (especially information of
an official nature) [syn: written document, papers]
2: anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking
by means of symbolic marks
3: a written account of ownership or obligation
4: (computer science) a computer file that contains text (and
possibly formatting instructions) using 7-bit ASCII
characters [syn: text file]
v 1: record in detail; "The parents documented every step of
their child's development"
2: support or supply with references; "Can you document your
claims?"
WordNet (r) 2.0
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "document":
adduce, affirm, anatomize, archives, article, atomize, attest,
authenticate, autograph, back, back up, bear out, blank, bolster,
brainchild, buttress, call to mind, certificate, certify,
chirograph, chronicle, circumstantiate, cite, cite a particular,
composition, computer printout, confirm, copy, corroborate,
demonstrate, descend to particulars, describe, detail, docket,
dossier, draft, edited version, engrossment, enter into detail,
essay, evidence, example, exemplify, fair copy, fiction, file,
final draft, finished version, first draft, flimsy, form, fortify,
give a for-instance, give full particulars, holograph, illustrate,
instance, instrument, itemize, legal document, legal instrument,
legal paper, letter, literae scriptae, literary artefact,
literary production, literature, lucubration, manuscript, matter,
monument, name, nonfiction, official document, opus, original,
paper, papers, parchment, particularize, penscript, personal file,
piece, piece of writing, play, poem, printed matter, printout,
probate, production, prove, quote, ratify, reading matter,
recension, record, reinforce, report, roll, screed, scrip, script,
scrive, scroll, second draft, specify, spell out, strengthen,
substantiate, support, sustain, testimony, the written word,
transcript, transcription, typescript, undergird, uphold, validate,
verify, version, warrant, work, writ, writing
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
document
A term used on some systems (e.g. Intermedia) for a
hypertext node. It is sometimes used for a collection of
nodes on related topics, possibly stored or distributed as
one.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
papers, text file, written document
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