The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

document
    n 1: writing that provides information (especially information
         of an official nature) [syn: document, 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 seven-bit ASCII
       characters [syn: text file, document]
    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?"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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



The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

document

   1.  Any specific type of file produced or
   edited by a specific application; usually capable of being
   printed.  E.g. "Word document", "Photoshop document", etc.

   2.  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.

   3.  To write documentation on a certain piece
   of code.

   (2003-10-25)