Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10145 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ceas'dceased

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

Puritas changed it: 156 times in 103 works
Consistency: 95.1% (156 of 164)
Reach if approved: ~172 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ceased
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 164 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (156 changes in 103 works, 95.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 156)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
All Oracles at Delphos now are ceas'dceased.
With rule
All Oracles at Delphos now are ceas'dceased.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mercy and favour of God, we have shaken off his Babylonish Yoke, hath not ceas'dceased by his Spyes and Agents, Bulls and Emissaries, once to destroy both King and …
With rule
… mercy and favour of God, we have shaken off his Babylonish Yoke, hath not ceas'dceased by his Spyes and Agents, Bulls and Emissaries, once to destroy both King and …
John Milton · Of True Religion · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all the reason in the world to conclude, that this Gift is discontinu'd, and ceas'dceased: especially considering that we have not only no certain sign of any such inspiration …
With rule
… all the reason in the world to conclude, that this Gift is discontinu'd, and ceas'dceased: especially considering that we have not only no certain sign of any such inspiration …
John Scott · Concerning the Lawfulness of Joining with Forms of Prayer Part 1 · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… many effects consist or keep their being, when their efficient causes are remov'd or ceas'dceased, as a building remains after the death of its builder; yet without the presence …
With rule
… many effects consist or keep their being, when their efficient causes are remov'd or ceas'dceased, as a building remains after the death of its builder; yet without the presence …
William Ames · The Substance of Christian Religion · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lawful Sovereign was in Being; But he ceaſing to be a King, their Obligation ceas'dceased, ahd then they Riſe up as Kings, whatever they had had done before towards …
With rule
… Lawful Sovereign was in Being; But he ceaſing to be a King, their Obligation ceas'dceased, ahd then they Riſe up as Kings, whatever they had had done before towards …
Thomas Beverley · The Command of God to Come Out of Babylon · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
They ceas'dceased that dwelt in villages,
With rule
They ceas'dceased that dwelt in villages,
Zacharie Boyd · The Songs of the Old and New Testament in Meter · Open in the reader
Printed
Iu grace; they ceas'dceased not to applaud
With rule
Iu grace; they ceas'dceased not to applaud
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 401 · Open in the reader
Printed
The three former were extraordinarie, temporary, and ceaſ'dceased; ſo the Paſtor muſt be the ſucceſſor, if they have any: But Presbyter-Biſhops …
With rule
The three former were extraordinarie, temporary, and ceaſ'dceased; ſo the Paſtor muſt be the ſucceſſor, if they have any: But Presbyter-Biſhops …
John Geree · The Sifters Sieve Broken · p. 43 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

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

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Ceas'dCeased warbling, but all night tun'd her soft layes:
With rule
Ceas'dCeased warbling, but all night tun'd her soft layes:
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
I Now Addreſs my ſelf to the Immediate proof, That Miracles are not ſo Ceas'dCeased, notwithſtanding an Interruption of 1260 years, but that they ſhall yet Return, when the Succeſſion …
With rule
I Now Addreſs my ſelf to the Immediate proof, That Miracles are not ſo Ceas'dCeased, notwithſtanding an Interruption of 1260 years, but that they ſhall yet Return, when the Succeſſion …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 58 · Open in the reader
Printed
Arg…m. 2. The ſecond Argument I give, Miracles are not Ceas'dCeased, However ſuſpended, is; That Scripture, Acts 2. 17. For there the Apoſtle Peter is giving an …
With rule
Arg…m. 2. The ſecond Argument I give, Miracles are not Ceas'dCeased, However ſuſpended, is; That Scripture, Acts 2. 17. For there the Apoſtle Peter is giving an …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when the Types of the Kingdom of Chriſt in David his Father, and himſelf, Ceas'dCeased, to Ezekeil's Temple, &c. The firſt Time of Sollemn Bearing Iniquity, or the Puniſhment …
With rule
… when the Types of the Kingdom of Chriſt in David his Father, and himſelf, Ceas'dCeased, to Ezekeil's Temple, &c. The firſt Time of Sollemn Bearing Iniquity, or the Puniſhment …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Little Flocks Guarded Against Grievous Wolves B09463

Printed
… to be look'd for. Let them, if they can, prove that they be Not Ceas'dCeased. Yet that you may fully silence them, Turn them to 2 Pet. 1. 19. We have a …
With rule
… to be look'd for. Let them, if they can, prove that they be Not Ceas'dCeased. Yet that you may fully silence them, Turn them to 2 Pet. 1. 19. We have a …
Cotton Mather · Little Flocks Guarded Against Grievous Wolves · p. 60 · Open in the reader