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.
The gettysburg address was made up of 4.5 months after the defeat of confederate armies by those of the union at the battle of gettysburg. to consecrate means to declare something holy and hollow is its synonym. <span />
