gettysburg address

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  1. dedicate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation
    conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  2. consecrate
    give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.
  3. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
    But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground.
  4. detract
    take away a part from; diminish
    The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here
    have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
  5. dedicated
    devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose
    Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation
    conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  6. unfinished
    not brought to the desired final state
    It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work
    which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
  7. nobly
    in a noble manner
    It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work
    which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.
  8. conceive
    have the idea for
    Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation
    conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  9. consecrated
    made, declared, or believed to be holy
    The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here
    have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
  10. devotion
    commitment to some purpose
    It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us
    —that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause
    for which they gave the last full measure of devotion

    —that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain,
    that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom,
    and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
  11. fitting
    in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
    It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
  12. perish
    pass from physical life
    It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us
    —that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause
    for which they gave the last full measure of devotion

    —that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain,
    that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom,
    and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
  13. resolve
    find a solution or answer
    It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us
    —that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause
    for which they gave the last full measure of devotion

    —that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain,
    that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom,
    and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
  14. proposition
    a suggestion offered for acceptance or rejection
    Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation
    conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  15. endure
    undergo or be subjected to
    Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation,
    or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
  16. vain
    having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
    It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us
    —that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause
    for which they gave the last full measure of devotion

    —that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain,
    that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom,
    and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
  17. engaged
    having one's attention or mind or energy consumed
    Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation,
    or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
  18. liberty
    freedom of choice
    Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation
    conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
  19. proper
    marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
    It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Created on Sun Dec 02 14:38:30 EST 2012

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