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A document having many names or numerous seals, as a papal bull. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

t of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document. So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense. Neh. viii. 8.

The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

red, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.

An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.

To supply or substitute an equivalent for; as, to replace a lost document. With Israel, religion replaced morality. M. Arnold.

n officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.

An addition or amendment to a manuscript or other document, which is attached on a separate piece of paper; in legislative practice, an additional clause annexed to a bill while in course of passage; something extra or burdensome that is imposed. After the third reading, a foolish man stood up to propose a rider. Macau…

A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll. Busy angels spread The lasting roll, recording what we say. Prior.

A clause added to a document; a rider. See Rider. [Obs.]

A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.

A writing; a written document. [Obs.] aucer.

Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription. I have put it in scripture and in remembrance. Chaucer. Then the Lord of Manny read the scripture on the tomb, the which was in Latin. Ld. Berners.

Writing; document; scroll. [Obs.] "Of every scrit and bond." Chaucer.

A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to show their nationality; a sea letter or passport. See Passport.

stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc.

A document used in shipping goods by sea. In the case of free goods the shipping notes are the receiving note, addressed by the shipper to the chief officer of the vessel, requesting him to receive on board specified goods, and a receipt for the mate to sign, on receiving whose signature it is called the mate's receipt…

ed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls. Sibylline books. (a) (Rom. Antiq.) Books or documents of prophecies in verse concerning the fate of the Roman empire, said to have been purchased by Tarquin the Proud from a sibyl. (b) Certain Jewish and early Christian writings purporting to have been prophetic and of siby…