document

v. t. 1. To teach; to school. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I am finely documented by my own daughter. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Learners should not be too much crowded with a heap or multitude of documents or ideas at one time. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An example for instruction or warning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saint Luke . . . collected them from such documents and testimonies as he . . . judged to be authentic. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to instruction. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to written evidence; documentary; as, documental testimony. [ 1913 Webster ]