documented

doc·u·ment  (dky-mnt)

n.

1.

a. A written or printed paper that bears the original, official, or legal form of something and can be used to furnish decisive evidence or information.

b. Something, such as a recording or a photograph, that can be used to furnish evidence or information.

c. A writing that contains information.

d. Computer Science A piece of work created with an application, as by a word processor.

e. Computer Science A computer file that is not an executable file and contains data for use by applications.

2. Something, especially a material substance such as a coin bearing a revealing symbol or mark, that serves as proof or evidence.

tr.v. (-mnt) doc·u·ment·ed, doc·u·ment·ing, doc·u·ments

1. To furnish with a document or documents.

2. To support (an assertion or claim, for example) with evidence or decisive information.

3. To support (statements in a book, for example) with written references or citations; annotate.

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[Middle English, precept, from Old French, from Latin documentum, example, proof, from docre, to teach; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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docu·mental (-mntl) adj.

docu·menter n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	documented - furnished with or supported by documents; "the first documented case of shark attack in those waters" undocumented - lacking necessary documents (as for e.g. permission to live or work in a country); "undocumented aliens"; "undocumented tax deductions"
	2.	documented - established as genuine attested, authenticated echt, genuine - not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"