documentn.[LL. documentum, fr. docere to teach: cf. F. document. See Docile.]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.()