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; a'yto`s self + a form "enths (not found), akin to L. sons and perh. orig. from the p. pr. of e'i^nai to be, root as, and meaning the one it really is. See Am, Sin, n., and cf. Effendi.] 1. Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register. [1913 Webster]

To be avenged
On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire. Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Authoritative. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster]

3. Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information. [1913 Webster]

4. (Law) Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested. [1913 Webster]

5. (Mus.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Authentic, Genuine. These words, as here compared, have reference to historical documents. We call a document genuine when it can be traced back ultimately to the author or authors from whom it professes to emanate. Hence, the word has the meaning, “not changed from the original, uncorrupted, unadulterated:” as, a genuine text. We call a document authentic when, on the ground of its being thus traced back, it may be relied on as true and authoritative (from the primary sense of “having an author, vouched for”); hence its extended signification, in general literature, of trustworthy, as resting on unquestionable authority or evidence; as, an authentic history; an authentic report of facts. [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. [ imp. & p. p. Authenticated p. pr. & vb. n. Authenticating (&unr_;). ] [ Cf. LL. authenticare. ] 1. To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. established or certified as genuine.
Syn. -- attested, documented. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.
Syn. -- hallmark, assay-mark. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. validating the authenticity of something or someone.
Syn. -- certification. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. authenticité. ] 1. The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Genuineness; the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. tending to talk excessively.
Syn. -- bigmouthed, blabby, talkative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. prone to revealing secrets; -- of people.
Syn. -- leaky, talebearing(prenominal), tattling(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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.
Syn. -- genus Eleutherodactylus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'eleu`qeros free + E. mania. ] A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Mad for freedom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'eleu`qeros free + E. petal. ] (Bot.) Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

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; as, noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once.
Syn. -- foul-spoken. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

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; as, a hard-mouthed horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968): Martin Luther King stands alongside John F. Kennedy as one of the strikingly iconic images of 1960s America, one of the figures who inspired a revolution of political will and social perception.
Born on 15 January 1929, to Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Christine King in Atlanta, Georgia, King was a gifted student. It was while studying towards his Divinity degree in 1951, that King first discovered the teachings of Mahatma Ghandi, whose inspiration would be seen in many of King's future ideas. In 1953, King married Coretta Scott. The world that Martin Luther King and his new family found themselves in during the late 1950s was one where racial segregation was an accepted norm, whether in schools, churches, or on public transport.
When Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus for a white man - in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 - the black civil rights movement found an unexpected opportunity to begin a push that would eventually remove all officially sanctioned segregation throughout the United States . And Dr. King was at the forefront of that push. (https://web.archive.org/web/20081229032957/http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/parks01.html)
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 Martin's lifetime.
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 Montgomery bus system was officially unsegregated.
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, Malcolm X, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) but many people responded strongly to King's gifts as an orator, to his message of optimism and compassion, and to his sheer presence as a human being.
Throughout his lifetime, King's activities were closely monitored by the FBI, under the control of the controversial J. Edgar Hoover. Evidence collected by Hoover's agents, combined with rumour and innuendo, has cast a shadow over the official view of Martin Luther King. Hoover was looking for dirt, and compiled a dossier that accused King of infidelity, beating women and of being a Communist. (https://web.archive.org/web/20041019083224/http://archive.aclu.org/features/f011702a.html).
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 President Richard Nixon in June. (https://web.archive.org/web/20090316061938/http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html). 1958 saw the publication of his first book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, his version of the incidents surrounding the bus boycott
. By 1960, Dr. King was a major voice in US political life. He met with Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy to discuss racial policy. In keeping with his belief in non-violent protest, King's continued civil rights demonstrations would take the form of sit-ins and obstructions, often leading to his arrest. The sight of Martin Luther King being bundled off to jail brought the causes he was helping much public sympathy and support.
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, Willy Brandt, had an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, then, most significantly, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. (https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel-prize-lessons-theme-martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-civil-rights-movement/)
The following year, Malcolm X was assassinated in New York. Violence was escalating in areas of racial tension, including Montgomery, Alabama. Protesters were regularly beaten by police officers, often resulting in serious injuries or even fatalities. In Watts, Los Angeles, riots left 35 people dead. In March a protest rally reached Montgomery, under the protection of federal troops. Starting at an estimated 3, 000 marchers, by the time they reach their destination, it's believed they numbered nearly 30, 000 people. On reaching the capitol, the marchers were addressed by Dr. King.
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 Vietnam, already strained civil relations were heading towards what seemed to be an inevitably violent conclusion.
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 Detroit riots, labelled as the worst of the century.
The last year of Martin Luther King's life saw him cast his net even wider, including taking part in a march in support of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. This part of King's career is often glossed over or undervalued by historians and commentators of the time. (https://web.archive.org/web/20081011070216/http://www.fair.org/media-beat/950104.html/).
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. James Earl Ray was charged and found guilty of his murder.
King was buried on April 9, aged 39. After his death, Dr. King's widow, Coretta Scott King, established The King Center as 'the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.' (https://thekingcenter.org/).
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/ Carl Gillingham [ CG ]

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 Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ Also spelled mawther, mother. ] A girl; esp., a great, awkward girl; a wench. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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 frank or blunt. “Mealy-mouthed philanthropies.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Meal"y-mouth`ness n. [1913 Webster]

a. 1. Furnished with a mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; -- used only in composition; as, wide-mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul-mouthed; mealy-mouthed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who mouths; an affected speaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , adv. [ Now + the. ] Just now; at present. [ Obs. ] [ 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 ruthenious compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, ruthenium; specifically, designating those compounds in which it has a lower valence as contrasted with ruthenic compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. So named from the Ruthenians, a Little Russian people, as coming from Russia, the metal having been found in the Ural mountains. ] (Chem.) A rare element of the light platinum group, found associated with platinum ores, and isolated as a hard, brittle steel-gray metal which is very infusible. Symbol Ru. Atomic weight 103.5. Specific gravity 12.26. See Platinum metals, under Platinum. [ 1913 Webster ]

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; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind. [ 1913 Webster ]