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It is interesting, however, that despite this strong upsurge in Southern writing, almost none of the writers has forsaken the firmly entrenched concept of the white-suited big-daddy colonel sipping a mint julep as he silently recounts the revenue from the season 's cotton and tobacco crops ; of the stereotyped Negro se...	chanting	{ "name": "chant", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone", "recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm", "utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically" ] }	[ "recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm" ]	[ "chant%2:32:00::" ]
It is interesting, however, that despite this strong upsurge in Southern writing, almost none of the writers has forsaken the firmly entrenched concept of the white-suited big-daddy colonel sipping a mint julep as he silently recounts the revenue from the season 's cotton and tobacco crops ; of the stereotyped Negro se...	plow	{ "name": "plow", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing", "to break and turn over earth especially with a plow", "act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression", "move in a way resembling that of a plow cu...	[ "to break and turn over earth especially with a plow" ]	[ "plow%2:36:00::" ]
It is interesting, however, that despite this strong upsurge in Southern writing, almost none of the writers has forsaken the firmly entrenched concept of the white-suited big-daddy colonel sipping a mint julep as he silently recounts the revenue from the season 's cotton and tobacco crops ; of the stereotyped Negro se...	deny	{ "name": "deny", "sense_definitions_list": [ "declare untrue; contradict", "refuse to accept or believe", "refuse to grant, as of a petition or request", "refuse to let have", "deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure", "deny formally (an allegation of ...	[ "refuse to let have" ]	[ "deny%2:40:00::" ]
This is not to say that the South is no longer agrarian ; such a statement would be the rankest form of oversimplification.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]	[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
This is not to say that the South is no longer agrarian ; such a statement would be the rankest form of oversimplification.	say	{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
This is not to say that the South is no longer agrarian ; such a statement would be the rankest form of oversimplification.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
This is not to say that the South is no longer agrarian ; such a statement would be the rankest form of oversimplification.	be	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
But the South is, and has been for the past century, engaged in a wide-sweeping urbanization which, oddly enough, is not reflected in its literature.	engaged	{ "name": "engage", "sense_definitions_list": [ "carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in", "consume all of one's attention or time", "engage or hire for work", "ask to represent; of legal counsel", "give to in marriage", "get caught", "carry on (wars, battles, or campaign...	[ "carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in" ]	[ "engage%2:41:06::" ]
But the South is, and has been for the past century, engaged in a wide-sweeping urbanization which, oddly enough, is not reflected in its literature.	reflected	{ "name": "reflect", "sense_definitions_list": [ "manifest or bring back", "reflect deeply on a subject", "to throw or bend back (from a surface)", "be bright by reflecting or casting light", "show an image of", "give evidence of a certain behavior", "give evidence of the quality of" ]...	[ "manifest or bring back" ]	[ "reflect%2:39:01::" ]
In 1900 the South was only 15 % urban ; in 1950 it had become 47.1 % urban.	was	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
In 1900 the South was only 15 % urban ; in 1950 it had become 47.1 % urban.	become	{ "name": "become", "sense_definitions_list": [ "enter or assume a certain state or condition", "undergo a change or development", "come into existence", "enhance the appearance of" ] }	[ "enter or assume a certain state or condition" ]	[ "become%2:30:00::" ]
In a mere half-century the South has more than tripled its urban status.	tripled	{ "name": "triple", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base", "a set of three similar things considered as a unit", "a quantity that is three times as great as another", "increase threefold", "hit a three-base hit", "having three units or compon...	[ "increase threefold" ]	[ "triple%2:30:00::" ]
There is a New South emerging, a South losing the folksy traditions of an agrarian society with the rapidity of an avalanche - especially within recent decades.	emerging	{ "name": "emerge", "sense_definitions_list": [ "come out into view, as from concealment", "come out of", "become known or apparent", "come up to the surface of or rise", "happen or occur as a result of something" ] }	[ "come out into view, as from concealment" ]	[ "emerge%2:30:00::" ]
There is a New South emerging, a South losing the folksy traditions of an agrarian society with the rapidity of an avalanche - especially within recent decades.	losing	{ "name": "lose", "sense_definitions_list": [ "fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense", "fail to win", "suffer the loss of a person through death or removal", "place (something) where one cannot find it again", "miss from one's possessions; lose sig...	[ "fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense" ]	[ "lose%2:40:02::" ]
As the New South snowballs toward further urbanization, it becomes more and more homogeneous with the North - a tendency which Willard Thorp terms `` Yankeefication '', as evidenced in such cities as Charlotte, Birmingham, and Houston.	snowballs	{ "name": "snowball", "sense_definitions_list": [ "plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions", "ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce", "ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup", "snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfull...	[ "increase or accumulate at a rapidly accelerating rate" ]	[ "snowball%2:30:00::" ]
As the New South snowballs toward further urbanization, it becomes more and more homogeneous with the North - a tendency which Willard Thorp terms `` Yankeefication '', as evidenced in such cities as Charlotte, Birmingham, and Houston.	becomes	{ "name": "become", "sense_definitions_list": [ "enter or assume a certain state or condition", "undergo a change or development", "come into existence", "enhance the appearance of" ] }	[ "enter or assume a certain state or condition" ]	[ "become%2:30:00::" ]
As the New South snowballs toward further urbanization, it becomes more and more homogeneous with the North - a tendency which Willard Thorp terms `` Yankeefication '', as evidenced in such cities as Charlotte, Birmingham, and Houston.	terms	{ "name": "term", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a word or expression used for some particular thing", "a limited period of time", "(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement", "any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial", "one of the substantive phrases in a log...	[ "name formally or designate with a term" ]	[ "term%2:32:00::" ]
As the New South snowballs toward further urbanization, it becomes more and more homogeneous with the North - a tendency which Willard Thorp terms `` Yankeefication '', as evidenced in such cities as Charlotte, Birmingham, and Houston.	evidenced	{ "name": "evidence", "sense_definitions_list": [ "your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief", "an indication that makes something evident", "(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved", ...	[ "provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes" ]	[ "evidence%2:32:00::" ]
It is said that, even at the present stage of Southern urbanization, such a city as Atlanta is not distinctly unlike Columbus or Trenton.	said	{ "name": "say", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the chance to speak", "express in words", "report or maintain", "express a supposition", "have or contain a certain wording or form", "give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority", "speak, pronounce, or utter in a c...	[ "express in words" ]	[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
It is said that, even at the present stage of Southern urbanization, such a city as Atlanta is not distinctly unlike Columbus or Trenton.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Undoubtedly even the old Southern stalwart Richmond has felt the new wind : William Styron mentions in his latest novel an avenue named for Bankhead McGruder, a Civil War general, now renamed, in typical California fashion, `` Buena Vista Terrace ''.	felt	{ "name": "feel", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an intuitive awareness; or", "the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people", "a property perceived by touch", "manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure", "undergo an emotional sensation or be...	[ "undergo passive experience of:" ]	[ "feel%2:39:01::" ]
Undoubtedly even the old Southern stalwart Richmond has felt the new wind : William Styron mentions in his latest novel an avenue named for Bankhead McGruder, a Civil War general, now renamed, in typical California fashion, `` Buena Vista Terrace ''.	mentions	{ "name": "mention", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a remark that calls attention to something or someone", "a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage", "an official recognition of merit", "make reference to", "make mention of", "commend" ] }	[ "make reference to" ]	[ "mention%2:32:02::" ]
Undoubtedly even the old Southern stalwart Richmond has felt the new wind : William Styron mentions in his latest novel an avenue named for Bankhead McGruder, a Civil War general, now renamed, in typical California fashion, `` Buena Vista Terrace ''.	named	{ "name": "name", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a language unit by which a person or thing is known", "a person's reputation", "family based on male descent", "a well-known or notable person", "by the sanction or authority of", "a defamatory or abusive word or phrase", "assign a specified...	[ "assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to" ]	[ "name%2:32:03::" ]
Undoubtedly even the old Southern stalwart Richmond has felt the new wind : William Styron mentions in his latest novel an avenue named for Bankhead McGruder, a Civil War general, now renamed, in typical California fashion, `` Buena Vista Terrace ''.	renamed	{ "name": "rename", "sense_definitions_list": [ "assign a new name to", "name again or anew" ] }	[ "assign a new name to" ]	[ "rename%2:32:00::" ]
The effects of television and other mass media are erasing regional dialects and localisms with a startling force.	erasing	{ "name": "erase", "sense_definitions_list": [ "remove from memory or existence", "remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing", "wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information" ] }	[ "remove from memory or existence" ]	[ "erase%2:30:00::" ]
As for progress, the `` backward South '' can boast of Baton Rouge, which increased its population between 1940 and 1950 by two hundred and sixty-two percent, to 126000, the second largest growth of the period for all cities over 25000.	boast	{ "name": "boast", "sense_definitions_list": [ "speaking of yourself in superlatives", "show off", "wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner" ] }	[ "show off" ]	[ "boast%2:32:00::" ]
As for progress, the `` backward South '' can boast of Baton Rouge, which increased its population between 1940 and 1950 by two hundred and sixty-two percent, to 126000, the second largest growth of the period for all cities over 25000.	increased	{ "name": "increase", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a quantity that is added", "a change resulting in an increase", "a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important", "the amount by which something increases", "the act of increasing something", "become bigger or grea...	[ "make bigger or more" ]	[ "increase%2:30:02::" ]
The field, then, is ripe for new Southerners to step to the fore and write of this twentieth-century phenomenon, the Southern Yankeefication : the new urban economy, the city-dweller, the pains of transition, the labor problems ; the list is, obviously, endless.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
The field, then, is ripe for new Southerners to step to the fore and write of this twentieth-century phenomenon, the Southern Yankeefication : the new urban economy, the city-dweller, the pains of transition, the labor problems ; the list is, obviously, endless.	step to the fore	{ "name": "step_to_the_fore", "sense_definitions_list": [ "make oneself visible; take action" ] }	[ "make oneself visible; take action" ]	[ "step_to_the_fore%2:38:00::" ]
The field, then, is ripe for new Southerners to step to the fore and write of this twentieth-century phenomenon, the Southern Yankeefication : the new urban economy, the city-dweller, the pains of transition, the labor problems ; the list is, obviously, endless.	write of	{ "name": "write_of", "sense_definitions_list": [ "write about a particular topic" ] }	[ "write about a particular topic" ]	[ "write_of%2:36:00::" ]
The field, then, is ripe for new Southerners to step to the fore and write of this twentieth-century phenomenon, the Southern Yankeefication : the new urban economy, the city-dweller, the pains of transition, the labor problems ; the list is, obviously, endless.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
But these sources have not been tapped.	tapped	{ "name": "tap", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the sound made by a gentle blow", "a gentle blow", "a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask", "a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)", "a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads", "a pl...	[ "draw from; make good use of" ]	[ "tap%2:34:00::" ]
Truman Capote is still reveling in Southern Gothicism, exaggerating the old Southern legends into something beautiful and grotesque, but as unreal as - or even more unreal than - yesterday.	reveling	{ "name": "revel", "sense_definitions_list": [ "unrestrained merrymaking", "take delight in", "celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities" ] }	[ "take delight in" ]	[ "revel%2:34:00::" ]
Truman Capote is still reveling in Southern Gothicism, exaggerating the old Southern legends into something beautiful and grotesque, but as unreal as - or even more unreal than - yesterday.	exaggerating	{ "name": "exaggerate", "sense_definitions_list": [ "to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth", "do something to an excessive degree" ] }	[ "do something to an excessive degree" ]	[ "exaggerate%2:41:00::" ]
William Styron, while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance, insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes.	facing	{ "name": "face", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear", "the feelings expressed on a person's face", "the general outward appearance of something", "the striking or working surface of an implement", "a part of a person that is use...	[ "deal with (something unpleasant) head on" ]	[ "face%2:32:00::" ]
William Styron, while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance, insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes.	insists	{ "name": "insist", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge", "beg persistently and urgently", "assert to be true" ] }	[ "be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge" ]	[ "insist%2:32:00::" ]
William Styron, while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance, insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes.	classified	{ "name": "classify", "sense_definitions_list": [ "arrange or order by classes or categories", "declare unavailable, as for security reasons", "assign to a class or kind" ] }	[ "arrange or order by classes or categories" ]	[ "classify%2:31:00::" ]
William Styron, while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance, insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes.	includes	{ "name": "include", "sense_definitions_list": [ "have as a part, be made up out of", "consider as part of something", "add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category", "allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and respo...	[ "have as a part, be made up out of" ]	[ "include%2:42:00::" ]
William Styron, while facing the changing economy with a certain uneasy reluctance, insists he is not to be classified as a Southern writer and yet includes traditional Southern concepts in everything he publishes.	publishes	{ "name": "publish", "sense_definitions_list": [ "put into print", "prepare and issue for public distribution or sale", "have (one's written work) issued for publication" ] }	[ "have (one's written work) issued for publication" ]	[ "publish%2:36:00::" ]
Even the great god Faulkner, the South 's one probable contender for literary immortality, has little concerned himself with these matters ; such are simply not within his bounded province.	concerned	{ "name": "concern", "sense_definitions_list": [ "something that interests you because it is important or affects you", "an anxious feeling", "a feeling of sympathy for someone or something", "something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness", "a commercial or industrial enterpr...	[ "be on the mind of" ]	[ "concern%2:42:01::" ]
Even the great god Faulkner, the South 's one probable contender for literary immortality, has little concerned himself with these matters ; such are simply not within his bounded province.	are	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere" ]	[ "be%2:42:05::" ]
Where are the writers to treat these changes?	are	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere" ]	[ "be%2:42:05::" ]
Where are the writers to treat these changes?	treat	{ "name": "treat", "sense_definitions_list": [ "something considered choice to eat", "an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight", "interact in a certain way", "subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition", "provide...	[ "act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression" ]	[ "treat%2:32:00::" ]
Has the agrarian tradition become such an addiction that the switch to urbanism is somehow dreaded or unwanted?	become	{ "name": "become", "sense_definitions_list": [ "enter or assume a certain state or condition", "undergo a change or development", "come into existence", "enhance the appearance of" ] }	[ "undergo a change or development" ]	[ "become%2:42:01::" ]
Has the agrarian tradition become such an addiction that the switch to urbanism is somehow dreaded or unwanted?	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Perhaps present writers hypnotically cling to the older order because they consider it useful and reliable through repeated testings over the decades.	cling to	{ "name": "cling_to", "sense_definitions_list": [ "hold firmly, usually with one's hands" ] }	[ "hold firmly, usually with one's hands" ]	[ "cling_to%2:35:00::" ]
Perhaps present writers hypnotically cling to the older order because they consider it useful and reliable through repeated testings over the decades.	consider	{ "name": "consider", "sense_definitions_list": [ "deem to be", "give careful consideration to", "take into consideration for exemplifying purposes", "show consideration for; take into account", "think about carefully; weigh", "judge or regard; look upon; judge", "look at attentively", ...	[ "deem to be" ]	[ "consider%2:31:00::" ]
Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.	Lacking	{ "name": "lack", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable", "be without" ] }	[ "be without" ]	[ "lack%2:42:00::" ]
Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.	write of	{ "name": "write_of", "sense_definitions_list": [ "write about a particular topic" ] }	[ "write about a particular topic" ]	[ "write_of%2:36:00::" ]
Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.	seem	{ "name": "seem", "sense_definitions_list": [ "give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect", "seem to be true, probable, or apparent", "appear to exist", "appear to one's own mind or opinion" ] }	[ "give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect" ]	[ "seem%2:39:00::" ]
Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.	contenting	{ "name": "content", "sense_definitions_list": [ "everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something", "what a communication that is about something is about", "the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.", "the amount that can be con...	[ "satisfy in a limited way" ]	[ "content%2:34:00::" ]
Lacking the pioneer spirit necessary to write of a new economy, these writers seem to be contenting themselves with an old one that is now as defunct as Confederate money.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
An example of the changes which have crept over the Southern region may be seen in the Southern Negro 's quest for a position in the white-dominated society, a problem that has been reflected in regional fiction especially since 1865.	crept	{ "name": "creep", "sense_definitions_list": [ "someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric", "a slow longitudinal movement or deformation", "a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot", "a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body", "move slowly; ...	[ "move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground" ]	[ "creep%2:38:00::" ]
An example of the changes which have crept over the Southern region may be seen in the Southern Negro 's quest for a position in the white-dominated society, a problem that has been reflected in regional fiction especially since 1865.	seen	{ "name": "see", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located", "perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight", "perceive (an idea or situation) mentally", "perceive or be contemporaneous with", "imagine; conceive of; see in one's min...	[ "deem to be" ]	[ "see%2:31:00::" ]
An example of the changes which have crept over the Southern region may be seen in the Southern Negro 's quest for a position in the white-dominated society, a problem that has been reflected in regional fiction especially since 1865.	reflected	{ "name": "reflect", "sense_definitions_list": [ "manifest or bring back", "reflect deeply on a subject", "to throw or bend back (from a surface)", "be bright by reflecting or casting light", "show an image of", "give evidence of a certain behavior", "give evidence of the quality of" ]...	[ "manifest or bring back" ]	[ "reflect%2:39:01::" ]
Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma has n't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in this new context, this new coat of paint.	discover	{ "name": "discover", "sense_definitions_list": [ "discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of", "get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally", "make a discovery, make a new finding", "make a discovery", "find unexpectedly", "make known to the public information that w...	[ "get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally" ]	[ "discover%2:31:01::" ]
Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma has n't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in this new context, this new coat of paint.	indicates	{ "name": "indicate", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be a signal for or a symptom of", "indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively", "to state or express briefly", "give evidence of", "suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine" ] }	[ "be a signal for or a symptom of" ]	[ "indicate%2:32:01::" ]
Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma has n't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in this new context, this new coat of paint.	changed	{ "name": "change", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another", "a relational difference between states; especially between states before and after some event", "the action of changing something", "the result of alteration or modificat...	[ "cause to change; make different; cause a transformation" ]	[ "change%2:30:01::" ]
Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma has n't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in this new context, this new coat of paint.	come	{ "name": "come", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract", "move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody", "reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress", "come to pass; arriv...	[ "come to pass; arrive, as in due course" ]	[ "come%2:30:01::" ]
Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma has n't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in this new context, this new coat of paint.	be	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Today the Negro must discover his role in an industrialized South, which indicates that the racial aspect of the Southern dilemma has n't changed radically, but rather has gradually come to be reflected in this new context, this new coat of paint.	reflected	{ "name": "reflect", "sense_definitions_list": [ "manifest or bring back", "reflect deeply on a subject", "to throw or bend back (from a surface)", "be bright by reflecting or casting light", "show an image of", "give evidence of a certain behavior", "give evidence of the quality of" ]...	[ "manifest or bring back" ]	[ "reflect%2:39:01::" ]
The Negro faces as much, if not more, difficulty in fitting himself into an urban economy as he did in an agrarian one.	faces	{ "name": "face", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear", "the feelings expressed on a person's face", "the general outward appearance of something", "the striking or working surface of an implement", "a part of a person that is use...	[ "deal with (something unpleasant) head on" ]	[ "face%2:32:00::" ]
The Negro faces as much, if not more, difficulty in fitting himself into an urban economy as he did in an agrarian one.	fitting	{ "name": "fit", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a display of bad temper", "a sudden uncontrollable attack", "the manner in which something fits", "a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)", "be agreeable or acceptable to", "be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desir...	[ "insert or adjust several objects or people" ]	[ "fit%2:30:02::" ]
This represents a gradual change in an ever-present social problem.	represents	{ "name": "represent", "sense_definitions_list": [ "take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to", "express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol", "be representative or typical for", "be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for...	[ "express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol" ]	[ "represent%2:32:02::" ]
But there have been abrupt changes as well : the sit-ins, the picket lines, the bus strikes - all of these were unheard-of even ten years ago.	been	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "happen, occur, take place" ]	[ "be%2:42:04::" ]
But there have been abrupt changes as well : the sit-ins, the picket lines, the bus strikes - all of these were unheard-of even ten years ago.	were	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Today 's evidence, such as the fact that only three Southern states ( South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi ) still openly defy integration, would have astounded many of yesterday 's Southerners into speechlessness.	defy	{ "name": "defy", "sense_definitions_list": [ "resist or confront with resistance", "elude, especially in a baffling way", "challenge" ] }	[ "elude, especially in a baffling way" ]	[ "defy%2:42:01::" ]
Today 's evidence, such as the fact that only three Southern states ( South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi ) still openly defy integration, would have astounded many of yesterday 's Southerners into speechlessness.	astounded	{ "name": "astound", "sense_definitions_list": [ "affect with wonder" ] }	[ "affect with wonder" ]	[ "astound%2:31:00::" ]
Other examples of gradual changes that have affected the Negro have been his moving up, row by row, in the busses ; his requesting, and often getting, higher wages, better working conditions, better schools - changes that were slowly emerging even before the Supreme Court decision of 1954.	affected	{ "name": "affect", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion", "have an effect upon", "act physically on; have an effect upon", "connect closely and often incriminatingly", "make believe with the intent to deceive", "have an emotional or cognitive im...	[ "have an effect upon" ]	[ "affect%2:30:00::" ]
Other examples of gradual changes that have affected the Negro have been his moving up, row by row, in the busses ; his requesting, and often getting, higher wages, better working conditions, better schools - changes that were slowly emerging even before the Supreme Court decision of 1954.	been	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]	[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
Other examples of gradual changes that have affected the Negro have been his moving up, row by row, in the busses ; his requesting, and often getting, higher wages, better working conditions, better schools - changes that were slowly emerging even before the Supreme Court decision of 1954.	moving	{ "name": "move", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of deciding to do something", "the act of changing your residence or place of business", "a change of position that does not entail a change of location", "the act of changing location from one place to another", "(game) a player's turn to t...	[ "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically" ]	[ "move%2:38:03::" ]
Other examples of gradual changes that have affected the Negro have been his moving up, row by row, in the busses ; his requesting, and often getting, higher wages, better working conditions, better schools - changes that were slowly emerging even before the Supreme Court decision of 1954.	requesting	{ "name": "request", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority", "the verbal act of requesting", "express the need or desire for; ask for", "ask (a person) to do something", "inquire for (information)" ] }	[ "express the need or desire for; ask for" ]	[ "request%2:32:01::" ]
Other examples of gradual changes that have affected the Negro have been his moving up, row by row, in the busses ; his requesting, and often getting, higher wages, better working conditions, better schools - changes that were slowly emerging even before the Supreme Court decision of 1954.	getting	{ "name": "get", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent", "come into the possession of something concrete or abstract", "enter or assume a certain state or condition", "cause to move; cause to be in...	[ "come into the possession of something concrete or abstract" ]	[ "get%2:40:00::" ]
Other examples of gradual changes that have affected the Negro have been his moving up, row by row, in the busses ; his requesting, and often getting, higher wages, better working conditions, better schools - changes that were slowly emerging even before the Supreme Court decision of 1954.	emerging	{ "name": "emerge", "sense_definitions_list": [ "come out into view, as from concealment", "come out of", "become known or apparent", "come up to the surface of or rise", "happen or occur as a result of something" ] }	[ "come out into view, as from concealment" ]	[ "emerge%2:30:00::" ]
Then came this decision, which sped the process of gaining equality ( or perhaps hindered it ; only historical evolution will determine which ) :	came	{ "name": "come", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract", "move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody", "reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress", "come to pass; arriv...	[ "come to pass; arrive, as in due course" ]	[ "come%2:30:01::" ]
Then came this decision, which sped the process of gaining equality ( or perhaps hindered it ; only historical evolution will determine which ) :	sped	{ "name": "speed", "sense_definitions_list": [ "distance travelled per unit time", "a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens", "changing location rapidly", "the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system", "a central nervous system stimulant that increases energ...	[ "move faster" ]	[ "speed%2:30:00::" ]
Then came this decision, which sped the process of gaining equality ( or perhaps hindered it ; only historical evolution will determine which ) :	gaining	{ "name": "gain", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a quantity that is added", "the advantageous quality of being beneficial", "the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input", "the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of opera...	[ "obtain" ]	[ "gain%2:40:03::" ]
Then came this decision, which sped the process of gaining equality ( or perhaps hindered it ; only historical evolution will determine which ) :	hindered	{ "name": "hinder", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be a hindrance or obstacle to", "hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of", "put at a disadvantage", "located at or near the back of an animal", "located at or near the back of an animal" ] }	[ "hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of" ]	[ "hinder%2:41:00::" ]
Then came this decision, which sped the process of gaining equality ( or perhaps hindered it ; only historical evolution will determine which ) :	determine	{ "name": "determine", "sense_definitions_list": [ "establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study", "shape or influence; give direction to", "fix conclusively or authoritatively", "decide upon or fix definitely", "reach, make, or come to a decision about something", ...	[ "fix conclusively or authoritatively" ]	[ "determine%2:31:01::" ]
Since 1954 the Negro 's desire for social justice has led to an ironically anarchical rebellion.	led	{ "name": "lead", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an advantage held by a competitor in a race", "a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey", "evidence pointing to a possible solution", "a position of leadership (especially in the phr...	[ "tend to or result in" ]	[ "lead%2:42:12::" ]
He has frequently refused to move from white lunch counters, refused to obey local laws which he considers unjust, while in other cases he has appealed to federal laws.	refused	{ "name": "refuse", "sense_definitions_list": [ "food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)", "show unwillingness towards", "refuse to accept", "elude, especially in a baffling way", "refuse to let have", "resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ", "refuse ...	[ "show unwillingness towards" ]	[ "refuse%2:32:00::" ]
He has frequently refused to move from white lunch counters, refused to obey local laws which he considers unjust, while in other cases he has appealed to federal laws.	move	{ "name": "move", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the act of deciding to do something", "the act of changing your residence or place of business", "a change of position that does not entail a change of location", "the act of changing location from one place to another", "(game) a player's turn to t...	[ "change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically" ]	[ "move%2:38:03::" ]
He has frequently refused to move from white lunch counters, refused to obey local laws which he considers unjust, while in other cases he has appealed to federal laws.	refused	{ "name": "refuse", "sense_definitions_list": [ "food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)", "show unwillingness towards", "refuse to accept", "elude, especially in a baffling way", "refuse to let have", "resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ", "refuse ...	[ "show unwillingness towards" ]	[ "refuse%2:32:00::" ]
He has frequently refused to move from white lunch counters, refused to obey local laws which he considers unjust, while in other cases he has appealed to federal laws.	obey	{ "name": "obey", "sense_definitions_list": [ "be obedient to" ] }	[ "be obedient to" ]	[ "obey%2:41:00::" ]
He has frequently refused to move from white lunch counters, refused to obey local laws which he considers unjust, while in other cases he has appealed to federal laws.	considers	{ "name": "consider", "sense_definitions_list": [ "deem to be", "give careful consideration to", "take into consideration for exemplifying purposes", "show consideration for; take into account", "think about carefully; weigh", "judge or regard; look upon; judge", "look at attentively", ...	[ "deem to be" ]	[ "consider%2:31:00::" ]
This bold self-assertion, after decades of humble subservience, is indeed a twentieth-century phenomenon, an abrupt change in the Southern way of existence.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
A new order is thrusting itself into being.	thrusting	{ "name": "thrust", "sense_definitions_list": [ "the force used in pushing", "a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument", "the act of applying force to propel something", "verbal criticism", "a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)", "push forcefully", "press or force...	[ "push forcefully" ]	[ "thrust%2:38:00::" ]
A new South is emerging after the post-bellum years of hesitation, uncertainty, and lack of action from the Negro in defining his new role in the amorphously defined socio-political organizations of the white man.	emerging	{ "name": "emerge", "sense_definitions_list": [ "come out into view, as from concealment", "come out of", "become known or apparent", "come up to the surface of or rise", "happen or occur as a result of something" ] }	[ "come out into view, as from concealment" ]	[ "emerge%2:30:00::" ]
A new South is emerging after the post-bellum years of hesitation, uncertainty, and lack of action from the Negro in defining his new role in the amorphously defined socio-political organizations of the white man.	defining	{ "name": "define", "sense_definitions_list": [ "determine the essential quality of", "give a definition for the meaning of a word", "determine the nature of", "show the form or outline of", "decide upon or fix definitely" ] }	[ "determine the essential quality of" ]	[ "define%2:42:00::" ]
The modern Negro has not made a decisive debut into Southern fiction.	made	{ "name": "make", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a recognizable kind", "the act of mixing cards haphazardly", "engage in", "give certain properties to something", "make or cause to be or to become", "cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner", "give rise to; cause to happen or occur,...	[ "engage in" ]	[ "make%2:41:00::" ]
It is clear that, while most writers enjoy picturing the Negro as a woolly-headed, humble old agrarian who mutters `` yassuhs '' and `` sho ' nufs '' with blissful deference to his white employer ( or, in Old South terms, `` massuh '' ), this stereotype is doomed to become in reality as obsolete as Caldwell 's Lester.	enjoy	{ "name": "enjoy", "sense_definitions_list": [ "derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in", "have benefit from", "get pleasure from", "have for one's benefit", "take delight in" ] }	[ "derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in" ]	[ "enjoy%2:37:00::" ]
It is clear that, while most writers enjoy picturing the Negro as a woolly-headed, humble old agrarian who mutters `` yassuhs '' and `` sho ' nufs '' with blissful deference to his white employer ( or, in Old South terms, `` massuh '' ), this stereotype is doomed to become in reality as obsolete as Caldwell 's Lester.	picturing	{ "name": "picture", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface", "graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface", "a clear and telling mental image", "a situation treated as an ...	[ "show in, or as in, a picture" ]	[ "picture%2:36:00::" ]
It is clear that, while most writers enjoy picturing the Negro as a woolly-headed, humble old agrarian who mutters `` yassuhs '' and `` sho ' nufs '' with blissful deference to his white employer ( or, in Old South terms, `` massuh '' ), this stereotype is doomed to become in reality as obsolete as Caldwell 's Lester.	doomed	{ "name": "doom", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an unpleasant or disastrous destiny", "decree or designate beforehand", "pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law", "make certain of the failure or destruction of" ] }	[ "decree or designate beforehand" ]	[ "doom%2:32:01::" ]
It is clear that, while most writers enjoy picturing the Negro as a woolly-headed, humble old agrarian who mutters `` yassuhs '' and `` sho ' nufs '' with blissful deference to his white employer ( or, in Old South terms, `` massuh '' ), this stereotype is doomed to become in reality as obsolete as Caldwell 's Lester.	become	{ "name": "become", "sense_definitions_list": [ "enter or assume a certain state or condition", "undergo a change or development", "come into existence", "enhance the appearance of" ] }	[ "enter or assume a certain state or condition" ]	[ "become%2:30:00::" ]
While there may still be many Faulknerian Lucas Beauchamps scattered through the rural South, such men appear to be a vanishing breed.	be	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "happen, occur, take place" ]	[ "be%2:42:04::" ]
While there may still be many Faulknerian Lucas Beauchamps scattered through the rural South, such men appear to be a vanishing breed.	appear	{ "name": "appear", "sense_definitions_list": [ "give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect", "come into sight or view", "be issued or published", "seem to be true, probable, or apparent", "come into being or existence, or appear on the scene", "appear as a character on stage...	[ "give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect" ]	[ "appear%2:39:00::" ]
While there may still be many Faulknerian Lucas Beauchamps scattered through the rural South, such men appear to be a vanishing breed.	be	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
While there may still be many Faulknerian Lucas Beauchamps scattered through the rural South, such men appear to be a vanishing breed.	vanishing	{ "name": "vanish", "sense_definitions_list": [ "get lost, as without warning or explanation", "become invisible or unnoticeable", "pass away rapidly", "cease to exist", "decrease rapidly and disappear" ] }	[ "become invisible or unnoticeable" ]	[ "vanish%2:39:00::" ]
Writers openly admit that the Negro is easier to write than the white man ; but they obviously mean by this, not a Negro personality, but a Negro type.	admit	{ "name": "admit", "sense_definitions_list": [ "declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of", "allow to enter; grant entry to", "allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of", "admit into a group or communit...	[ "declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of" ]	[ "admit%2:32:00::" ]
Writers openly admit that the Negro is easier to write than the white man ; but they obviously mean by this, not a Negro personality, but a Negro type.	is	{ "name": "be", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element", "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)", "be identical to; be someone or something", "occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere", "have an ex...	[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]	[ "be%2:42:03::" ]

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