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/dˈɑkjəmɛnt/ /dˈɑkjumɛnt/ Listen

noun

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."

verb

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.

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... Dourlent, Curate Archpresbyter of the Cathedral of Senlis, was one of the principal witnesses of the drama. So he has had to speak of it several times. But up to now we had no written deposition from him over his signature. Here is the document which comes from this priest. It attests his courage and sincerity at the ...

— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 • Various

... earlier in the Tatler (No. 230), but this is a more considered effort. In June, 1711, he first broached to Harley the idea of "a society or academy for correcting and settling our language," and with Harley's approval he began to compose the Letter. Yet it was eight months before the document reached Harley and another two months, during which it circulated among friends, before Swift retrieved it for the printer. Thus, and this fact has significance, the Proposal had its inception ...

— Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley (1712) and The British Academy (1712) • John Oldmixon

... husband—have taken refuge with you? Well, yes, Mr. Vanderlyn, I admit that you have a right to ask me this, and it was because I feared you might lack the exquisite courtesy you have shown me, that I brought with me to-night a document which contains, in what I trust you will consider a discreet form, an answer ...

— The Uttermost Farthing • Marie Belloc Lowndes

... Roman Epic abounds in moral and poetical defects; nevertheless it remains the most complete picture of the national mind at its highest elevation, the most precious document of national history, if the history of an age is revealed in its ideas, no less than in its ...

— English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History - Designed as a Manual of Instruction • Henry Coppee

... when the reading of this document was done. A sound of craving and eagerness that had nothing articulate in it but blood. The narrative called up the most revengeful passions of the time, and there was not a head in the nation but must have dropped ...

— A Tale of Two Cities - A Story of the French Revolution • Charles Dickens

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