Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10014 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

repell'drepel'd

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

Puritas changed it: 56 times in 48 works
Consistency: 100% (56 of 56)
Reach if approved: ~59 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: repelled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 56 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (56 changes in 48 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 56)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… equally absurd and unreasonable. And yet thus unreasonable are men usually. By faith Moses repell'drepel'd and fled from the solicitations of his adulterous mistresse; and have they then faith …
With rule
… equally absurd and unreasonable. And yet thus unreasonable are men usually. By faith Moses repell'drepel'd and fled from the solicitations of his adulterous mistresse; and have they then faith …
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 495 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And when Iacob made too curious an Enquiry after the Angel's Name, he was repell'drepel'd by the Rays of the Divine Majesty, and reprimanded by a Voice; Wherefore is …
With rule
… And when Iacob made too curious an Enquiry after the Angel's Name, he was repell'drepel'd by the Rays of the Divine Majesty, and reprimanded by a Voice; Wherefore is …
Benedictus Aretius · Valentinus Gentilis – The Tritheist Put to Death In Bern · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that should have been a Comforter, insulted over him, and became a Tempter, he repell'drepel'd her with a Holy Zeal and Constancy. The Tempter neither by Assaults on his …
With rule
… that should have been a Comforter, insulted over him, and became a Tempter, he repell'drepel'd her with a Holy Zeal and Constancy. The Tempter neither by Assaults on his …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
And may thy Furyes now by Fear repell'drepel'd,
With rule
And may thy Furyes now by Fear repell'drepel'd,
Simon Ford · Londons Remains · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they which teſtifie of me. And indeed, 'twas by theſe that our Lord himſelf repell'drepel'd the impudent Aſſaults and crafty Inſinuations of the Devil: that his Apoſtles both planted …
With rule
… they which teſtifie of me. And indeed, 'twas by theſe that our Lord himſelf repell'drepel'd the impudent Aſſaults and crafty Inſinuations of the Devil: that his Apoſtles both planted …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by his order, p. 166. he harraſſes the Country of the South-Saxons, ibid. is repell'drepel'd by the Kentiſh men, ibid. yet revenges the death of his Brother Mollo, ibid …
With rule
… by his order, p. 166. he harraſſes the Country of the South-Saxons, ibid. is repell'drepel'd by the Kentiſh men, ibid. yet revenges the death of his Brother Mollo, ibid …
John Milton · The History of Britain · Open in the reader
Printed
… plunged in the Ditch, ſo that our own Cloaths abhor us. How often do repell'drepel'd Temptations return again, and vanquiſhed Corruptions recover ſtrength, that we know not when our …
With rule
… plunged in the Ditch, ſo that our own Cloaths abhor us. How often do repell'drepel'd Temptations return again, and vanquiſhed Corruptions recover ſtrength, that we know not when our …
John Shower · Funeral Sermon for Mary Doolittle · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
When cold, the ſap to th' roots hath low'ſt repell'drepel'd;
With rule
When cold, the ſap to th' roots hath low'ſt repell'drepel'd;
Anne Bradstreet · The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.