[syn: text file, document]
VERB (2)
1. record in detail;
- Example: "The parents documented every step of their child's development"
2. support or supply with references;
- Example: "Can you document your claims?"
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?"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
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.
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