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Why did Lincoln use hallow dedicate and basically all together in the same row?
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Which elements of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address makes the least explicit appeal to pathos?
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate we can not consecrate we can not hallow this ground.
What are two refrains in Lincoln's speech?
If I knew the freaking answer I wouldn't be on this stupid page
What word or words best describe the Gettysburg address?
Anaphora is used in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address-"we can not dedicate---we can not consecrate---w can not hallow" Also, antithesis is used when Lincoln says that "the world will little not...what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here..."
What was the meaning of 'hallow' in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
The Gettysburg Address was given on the occasion of the dedication of a portion of the battleground as a resting place -- cemetery -- for the men who died there. In his speech he said that they could not dedicate, consecrate or hallow the land anymore than the men who had died there had already done. Hallow means to make something holy. So, he was saying that the deaths of men who fought that battle had already made the ground holy.
What is another way to say dedicate?
donate, set aside for special use, sanctify, anoint, bless, consecrate, hallow, set apart
What are synonyms for blessing?
sanctify, dedicate, ordain, exalt, anoint, consecrate, hallow
Who according to Lincoln has hallowed made holy the battlefield ground?
Lincoln said that the dead soldiers had consecrated the ground and his mere words could do nothing to hallow it any more.
What document did Abraham Lincoln reference in his Gettysburg Address?
1-But in a larger sense we can not dedicate,we can not consecrate,we can not hallow this ground. 2-The brave men ,living and dead,who struggled here,have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.
What is the answer to we have come to dedicate a portion of that field?
This sounds like a line from the Gettysburg Address if so he is dedicating the Gettysburg cemetery of all the fallen union dead. The entire line is important because he said, " we come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who gave their lives that a nation might live..BUT in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground."
What did Lincoln mean when he said 'we cannot hallow this ground'?
What Mr. Lincoln was saying there was that we cannot add to the importance of this ground any more than the blood of the soldiers who fought there have already done. consecrate - to make (something) an object of honor or veneration hallow - to respect or honor greatly; revere
Which sentence from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address best shows the spiritual tone of his speech?
Consecrate, hallow this is for those of you who have APEX
Is hallow a noun?
No. The word hallow is a verb, to hallow, generally meaning to consecrate ("to make holy").
