document /(dŏk"ū̇*ment)/

doc·u·ment

document

n.
  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.
  2. An example for instruction or warning. [Obs.]
    They were forth with stoned to death, as a document to others.
  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.

Document

v. t.
  1. To teach; to school. [Obs.]
    I am finely documented by my own daughter.
  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.