a. [ OE. autentik, OF. autentique, F. authentique, L. authenticus coming from the real author, of original or firsthand authority, from Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; suicide, a perpetrator or real author of any act, an absolute master;
To be avenged
On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton. [1913 Webster]
A genuine book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be genuine without being, authentic, and a book may be authentic without being genuine. Bp. Watson. [1913 Webster]
It may be said, however, that some writers use authentic (as, an authentic document) in the sense of “produced by its professed author, not counterfeit.” [1913 Webster]
n. An original (book or document). [ Obs. ] “Authentics and transcripts.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Authentic. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
n. [ Cf. F. authenticité. ]
☞ In later writers, especially those on the evidences of Christianity, authenticity is often restricted in its use to the first of the above meanings, and distinguished from qenuineness. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Authentically. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being authentic; authenticity. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Ciwil Law) A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authenticity. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Expanding at the mouth;
adj.
a. Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a loud and sonorous voice. “Deep-mouthed dogs.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of completely terrestrial robber frogs.
‖n. [ Gr.
a. Mad for freedom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. Having broad, hanging lips. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See For-, and Slouth. ] To lose by sloth or negligence. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive;
So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Obs. ] See Growthead. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed;
a. Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Headstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]
That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Born on 15 January 1929, to
When
Four days after Rosa Parks was arrested, on the first day of a boycott of the buses by black passengers, King was appointed as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association. Placing himself so publicly at the forefront of the movement, he soon found himself and his family to be targets for white hate. In January of the next year, a bomb was thrown at his house. The King family would face similar threats and acts of violence all through
On 21 February 1956, King was one of those arrested as a consequence of the boycott. By 4 June, however, a US District Court ruled that such segregation on city bus lines was unconstitutional, a decision confirmed in November by the Supreme Court. Before the end of the year, Federal injunctions had been served, and the
This was the first of King's victories. Although the success was by no means solely his, the methods of non-violent opposition utilised for this protest were to become a trademark of Dr. King. This ideology contrasted sharply with that represented by the other prominent black civil rights leader of the time,
Throughout his lifetime, King's activities were closely monitored by the FBI, under the control of the controversial
From 1957 onwards, King's reputation as a civil rights leader and powerful orator grew. He appeared on the cover of Time in February and met then-Vice
. By 1960, Dr. King was a major voice in US political life. He met with Presidential candidate
August 28 1963 saw the 'March on Washington', regarded as the first major, integrated protest march in American history. (https://web.archive.org/web/20040608193544/http://www.life.com/Life/mlk/mlk06.html). At the end of the march, Dr. King delivers the I Have A Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. (https://web.archive.org/web/20060831163009/http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html) Racial tension, however, was increasing; 1964 saw riots all across the country, notably in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania.
King was growing as an international figure. In 1964, he visited West Berlin, invited by the then-mayor,
The following year,
1966 saw King talk openly about more than racial issues. He began to discuss his opposition to the Vietnam war and issues such as housing - arguing for protection for poor people, regardless of their race.
In 1967, the rioting was worsening growing to be some of the worst in American history. Fuelled by the uncertainty and anger created by the shootings of figures such as Malcolm X and John F. Kennedy, the sense of helpless rage directed at the nation's social structure and America's involvement in
In Mississippi, one black student was killed in a riot at Jackson State College; 23 people died in riots in New Jersey; and 43 died, with another 324 injured in riots in
The last year of
On April 3, he delivered his last speech, entitled “I See the Promised Land”. The contents of the speech seem eerily prescient in retrospect. (http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/mlk_promised_land.html). The next day, April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead as he stood talking on the balcony of his room at the Lorraine Motel, Memphis.
King was buried on April 9, aged 39. After his death, Dr. King's widow,
King's legacy is represented by Martin Luther King Day, celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in January every year. http://www.holidays.net/mlk/
a. Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent or offensive. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) One who accepts or adheres to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to
n. [ F. lucarne a dormer, dormer window, garret window, L. lucerna lamp, fr. lucere to be light or clear, fr. lux light. See Light, n., and cf. Lucarne. ] (Arch.) A dormer window. See Dormer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. AS. maegþ a maid. ]
a. See Mealy-mouthed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Using soft words; not straightforward; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; speaking deviously; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. Opposite of
She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
--
a.
n. One who mouths; an affected speaker. [ 1913 Webster ]
But thereof needeth not to speak as nouthe. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. LL. uthesium, hutesium, huesium, OF. hueis, and E. hue, in hue and cry. ] Outcry; alarm. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
conj. Other. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Ruth; sorrow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a higher valence as contrasted with
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with
n. [ NL. So named from the
n. The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast;