Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10157 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

compass'dcompassed

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

Puritas changed it: 62 times in 48 works
Consistency: 98.4% (62 of 63)
Reach if approved: ~66 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: compassed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 63 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (62 changes in 48 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 62)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
A Tower ſtrong is compaſs'dcompassed round
With rule
A Tower ſtrong is compaſs'dcompassed round
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon the Seventh Day, and made likewiſe Seven Circuits upon that Day: Had they compaſs'dcompassed Jericho one Day leſs than Seven Days, or one time leſs than ſeven upon …
With rule
… upon the Seventh Day, and made likewiſe Seven Circuits upon that Day: Had they compaſs'dcompassed Jericho one Day leſs than Seven Days, or one time leſs than ſeven upon …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they have been upon the brink of Eternity, and the ternors of Death have compaſs'dcompassed them about, and the pains of Hell have almoſt taken hold of them, tho …
With rule
… they have been upon the brink of Eternity, and the ternors of Death have compaſs'dcompassed them about, and the pains of Hell have almoſt taken hold of them, tho …
John Tillotson · Discourses Proving Jesus to be the Messiah · p. 434 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fiery indignation, which will devoure me for ever? I have kindled a fire, and compaſs'dcompassed my ſelf about with ſparks, and after I have walk'd a while in the …
With rule
… fiery indignation, which will devoure me for ever? I have kindled a fire, and compaſs'dcompassed my ſelf about with ſparks, and after I have walk'd a while in the …
Richard Alleine · The World Conquered · p. 222 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of their long acted follies, and impotently ſhew their Will & Joy, tho' to be compaſs'dcompassed no more. This is Profane Mirth indeed! & we may well be ſtruck with Horror …
With rule
… of their long acted follies, and impotently ſhew their Will & Joy, tho' to be compaſs'dcompassed no more. This is Profane Mirth indeed! & we may well be ſtruck with Horror …
Benjamin Colman · The Government and Improvement of Mirth · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… up, ſo he could not be ſeen; the Sins then, wherewith he was ſo compaſs'dcompassed, drew Abhorrence, as upon himſelf. And I know not what difference there is between …
With rule
… up, ſo he could not be ſeen; the Sins then, wherewith he was ſo compaſs'dcompassed, drew Abhorrence, as upon himſelf. And I know not what difference there is between …
Thomas Beverley · A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and bleſt with all the Circumſtances of Succeſs and Fortune: yet when we have compaſs'dcompassed all our Projects, when we are happy (if poſſible) to the utmoſt of our …
With rule
… and bleſt with all the Circumſtances of Succeſs and Fortune: yet when we have compaſs'dcompassed all our Projects, when we are happy (if poſſible) to the utmoſt of our …
Thomas Gregory · Discourses Upon Several Divine Subjects · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing? Are we not here infinitely out-done? Do not we see our selves compass'dcompassed about with wonders, and are we not cur selves such, in that we see …
With rule
… thing? Are we not here infinitely out-done? Do not we see our selves compass'dcompassed about with wonders, and are we not cur selves such, in that we see …
John Howe · The Living Temple · p. 77 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

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