Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10011 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

refresh'drefreshed

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 74 works
Consistency: 92.7% (102 of 110)
Reach if approved: ~116 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: refreshed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 110 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (102 changes in 74 works, 92.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… sees the colours, nor relisheth the pleasantnesse of the Taste, is rather ruin'd then refresh'drefreshed, and confounded then comforted. Innocentius lib de Vil. Condit. Human. useth words to this …
With rule
… sees the colours, nor relisheth the pleasantnesse of the Taste, is rather ruin'd then refresh'drefreshed, and confounded then comforted. Innocentius lib de Vil. Condit. Human. useth words to this …
Thomas Taylor · The Theater of Gods Judgments Part 2 · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and subject to error, like other men, or 3. that some kinde of creatures are refresh'drefreshed with those plunges in the water, which would drown others; for 'tis certain, had …
With rule
… and subject to error, like other men, or 3. that some kinde of creatures are refresh'drefreshed with those plunges in the water, which would drown others; for 'tis certain, had …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of ſome good fortune, and refreſh'drefreshed as if
With rule
Of ſome good fortune, and refreſh'drefreshed as if
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… cheared with some forerunning Beams of Heavenly Light, revived with the Air of Paradise, refresh'drefreshed with Waters of Life from the sacred Springs of Comfort, the Promises of God …
With rule
… cheared with some forerunning Beams of Heavenly Light, revived with the Air of Paradise, refresh'drefreshed with Waters of Life from the sacred Springs of Comfort, the Promises of God …
William Bates · The Speedy Coming of Christ to Judgment · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Cattle, of a more then ordinary bigness, and is in a manner, every where refresh'drefreshed with pleasant Streams; and not far from it is the Island of Scelinck, on …
With rule
… Cattle, of a more then ordinary bigness, and is in a manner, every where refresh'drefreshed with pleasant Streams; and not far from it is the Island of Scelinck, on …
Samuel Clarke · A New Description of the World · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… He never wrote to him, no not when he was quite forſaken; but he refreſh'drefreshed the Benefits he had receiv'd from him in his Memory. He never commanded him …
With rule
… He never wrote to him, no not when he was quite forſaken; but he refreſh'drefreshed the Benefits he had receiv'd from him in his Memory. He never commanded him …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
I pausing on't, this sweet refresh'drefreshed my thought,
With rule
I pausing on't, this sweet refresh'drefreshed my thought,
Cotton Mather · Right Thoughts in Sad Hours · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the finiſhing of his Courſe with ſubmiſſive regular Deſires, and Quiet Hopes: So refreſh'drefreshed and ſatisfied with living, are thoſe that are good in Age, but a Sinner …
With rule
… for the finiſhing of his Courſe with ſubmiſſive regular Deſires, and Quiet Hopes: So refreſh'drefreshed and ſatisfied with living, are thoſe that are good in Age, but a Sinner …
Timothy Rogers · The Happiness of a Quiet Mind · p. 40 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Banqueting House A47401

Printed
Refresh'dRefreshed from thee, from thirsting free,
With rule
Refresh'dRefreshed from thee, from thirsting free,
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 334 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Melody A47611

Printed
Refreſh'dRefreshed from thee, from thirſting free,
With rule
Refreſh'dRefreshed from thee, from thirſting free,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 334 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… in the form of a Servant) muſt needs aſtoniſh them, for (though they were Refreſh'dRefreshed and Raviſh'd with this Glorious Viſion) they were not Transformed with their Maſter, as …
With rule
… in the form of a Servant) muſt needs aſtoniſh them, for (though they were Refreſh'dRefreshed and Raviſh'd with this Glorious Viſion) they were not Transformed with their Maſter, as …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 98 · Open in the reader