The Gettysburg Address: The Gettysburg Address, List 1

At just 272 words long, Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" is widely considered to be one of the most powerful battlefield orations of all time. On November 19, 1863, Lincoln delivered the speech on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be a turning point in the Civil War.
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  1. score
    a set of twenty
    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. nation
    a politically organized body of people under a government
    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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  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. proposition
    a statement that affirms or denies and is true or false
    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.
  7. endure
    continue to exist
    Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
  8. dedicate
    set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
    We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
  9. portion
    an amount created by dividing something
    We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
  10. consecrate
    render holy by means of religious rites
    But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow — this ground.
  11. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
    But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow — this ground.
  12. struggle
    be engaged in a fight
    The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
  13. 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.
Created on Fri May 30 16:47:00 EDT 2025 (updated Fri May 30 18:28:24 EDT 2025)

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