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Definition of document

doc´u`ment Pronunciation: dǒk´ũ`ment

n.	1.	That which is taught or authoritatively set forth; precept; instruction; dogma. 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. 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.
v. t.	1.	To teach; to school. 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 a ship should be documented according to the directions of law.

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