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   Doc·u·ment

   noun

   • 1. a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record.

   verb

   • 1. record (something) in written, photographic, or other form: "the photographer spent years documenting the lives of miners"
   • ▪ support or accompany with documentation: "teaching resources that are documented clearly and comprehensively"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin documentum ‘lesson, proof’ (in medieval Latin ‘written instruction, official paper’), from docere ‘teach’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. documentable adjective
   • 2. documental adjective
   • 3. documentative adjective
   • 4. documenter noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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