Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10131 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

brib'dbribed

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

Puritas changed it: 73 times in 65 works
Consistency: 93.5% (73 of 78)
Reach if approved: ~82 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bribed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 78 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 65 works, 93.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Could have brib'dbribed Death, good Shepard had not di'ed.
With rule
Could have brib'dbribed Death, good Shepard had not di'ed.
Urian Oakes · Elegy Upon the Death of Reverend Thomas Shepherd · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our frame, and put the moſt favourable conſtruction upon our actions: he cannot be brib'dbribed by riches, nor aw'd by greatneſs and power; for he is the great and …
With rule
… our frame, and put the moſt favourable conſtruction upon our actions: he cannot be brib'dbribed by riches, nor aw'd by greatneſs and power; for he is the great and …
Ebenezer Pemberton · Sermons on Several Subjects · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Temptations, are sway'd and carried by the Biass of their Lusts; some are brib'dbribed by Profit, others allured by Pleasure: but his great End is, that the Law …
With rule
… his Temptations, are sway'd and carried by the Biass of their Lusts; some are brib'dbribed by Profit, others allured by Pleasure: but his great End is, that the Law …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not, for feare of the People, bringe them to publick death, their Physitian was brib'dbribed with Gold, which he conceived cordiall for himselfe; And thereupon he did quickly purge …
With rule
… not, for feare of the People, bringe them to publick death, their Physitian was brib'dbribed with Gold, which he conceived cordiall for himselfe; And thereupon he did quickly purge …
Thomas Fuller · The Unfortunate Politician · Open in the reader
Printed
And never will be brib'dbribed by them,
With rule
And never will be brib'dbribed by them,
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
The 5th. Parallel, As Balaam (who had been brib'dbribed by Balak) goes about to Bribe even God himſelf, to keep off the Blows …
With rule
The 5th. Parallel, As Balaam (who had been brib'dbribed by Balak) goes about to Bribe even God himſelf, to keep off the Blows …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as well as Lazarus. Death doth not regard their Honours, nor will it be brib'dbribed with their Riches. Great Men must die; they are not too big for Death …
With rule
… as well as Lazarus. Death doth not regard their Honours, nor will it be brib'dbribed with their Riches. Great Men must die; they are not too big for Death …
Samuel Slater · Sermon before Shorter · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hearts; there are no fees taken in that Court; the Judge will not be brib'dbribed with an hypocritical tear, or a Judas kiſſe.
With rule
… hearts; there are no fees taken in that Court; the Judge will not be brib'dbribed with an hypocritical tear, or a Judas kiſſe.
Thomas Case · The Morning Exercise Methodized · p. 612 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… Broke through all Difficulties to break Gods Deſign of Bleſſing Iſrael, (whom he was Brib'dBribed to Curſe) though (1) a good Angel ſtood in his way to ſtop him, (who …
With rule
… Broke through all Difficulties to break Gods Deſign of Bleſſing Iſrael, (whom he was Brib'dBribed to Curſe) though (1) a good Angel ſtood in his way to ſtop him, (who …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 79 · Open in the reader