Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10178 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

debauch'ddebauched

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

Puritas changed it: 111 times in 76 works
Consistency: 78.7% (111 of 141)
Reach if approved: ~148 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: debauched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 141 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (111 changes in 76 works, 78.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… meer ulcer or gangreen of a depraved will? It argues a perſon ſo much debauch'ddebauched into a greedy compliance with ſin, that he ſwallows the bare hook. St. John …
With rule
… meer ulcer or gangreen of a depraved will? It argues a perſon ſo much debauch'ddebauched into a greedy compliance with ſin, that he ſwallows the bare hook. St. John …
Benjamin Bruning · The Best Wisdom Propounded · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, but God can do all things without us. A great many Children become debauch'ddebauched, and are ſpoil'd in their Parents over-fond tuition, wherecas many that are out …
With rule
… God, but God can do all things without us. A great many Children become debauch'ddebauched, and are ſpoil'd in their Parents over-fond tuition, wherecas many that are out …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by frequenting the company of wicked and lewd persons, have proved very prophane and debauch'ddebauched. The Philosophers do well observe, that all waters, both in colour and taste, do …
With rule
… by frequenting the company of wicked and lewd persons, have proved very prophane and debauch'ddebauched. The Philosophers do well observe, that all waters, both in colour and taste, do …
Thomas Gouge · The Young Mans Guide · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a Chriſtian Virgin put by the tyrannical Judge into a brothel houſe, the debauch'ddebauched young men ſtrait came, foreign, to company with her for corruption, i. e. to commit …
With rule
… of a Chriſtian Virgin put by the tyrannical Judge into a brothel houſe, the debauch'ddebauched young men ſtrait came, foreign, to company with her for corruption, i. e. to commit …
Henry Hammond · Review of the Paraphrase of the New Testament · p. 257 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Gaming, Drinking, Swearing and Whoring, which the Men that made England to ſin, debauch'ddebauched ſo many of the Gentry into, and he deſerved the ſalutations of the Roman …
With rule
… of Gaming, Drinking, Swearing and Whoring, which the Men that made England to ſin, debauch'ddebauched ſo many of the Gentry into, and he deſerved the ſalutations of the Roman …
Cotton Mather · Life of William Phips · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are about; and to whoſe Will and Service you would reduce this diſſolute, profane, debauch'ddebauched, immoral Generation. 2dly. As to your ſelves. Conſider well from what Principles you act …
With rule
… are about; and to whoſe Will and Service you would reduce this diſſolute, profane, debauch'ddebauched, immoral Generation. 2dly. As to your ſelves. Conſider well from what Principles you act …
Matthew Sylvester · Holy Confidence Well Improved · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rules of it; So that from that Time to this day it hath been debauch'ddebauched into an Ecclesiastical Engine, and cannot be recover'd, till a New Reformation. And to …
With rule
… Rules of it; So that from that Time to this day it hath been debauch'ddebauched into an Ecclesiastical Engine, and cannot be recover'd, till a New Reformation. And to …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Mr. Henry was a Man of no Party, but true Catholick Christianity (not debauch'ddebauched by bigottry, nor leaven'd by any private Opinions or Interests) was his very Temper …
With rule
… that Mr. Henry was a Man of no Party, but true Catholick Christianity (not debauch'ddebauched by bigottry, nor leaven'd by any private Opinions or Interests) was his very Temper …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 24 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Life and Death of Philip Henry A26780

Printed
… cannot omit, because it discovers what kind of Spirit the Quakers were of: A Debauch'dDebauched Gentleman being in his revels at Malpas, Drinking and Swearing, was after a sort …
With rule
… cannot omit, because it discovers what kind of Spirit the Quakers were of: A Debauch'dDebauched Gentleman being in his revels at Malpas, Drinking and Swearing, was after a sort …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 64 · Open in the reader

Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book A26982

Printed
… Preachers, that a great change followed among their Hearers, and multitudes of the Ignorant, Debauch'dDebauched and Worldlings became Serious, Godly, Chriſtians. And the younger ſort grew up accordingly.
With rule
… Preachers, that a great change followed among their Hearers, and multitudes of the Ignorant, Debauch'dDebauched and Worldlings became Serious, Godly, Chriſtians. And the younger ſort grew up accordingly.
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 63 · Open in the reader

Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved A30673

Printed
… a Grief 'tis to ſee a Wife or Husband prove a Drunkard, or a Debauch'dDebauched Perſon! Yet many a Godly Perſon hath been thus yoaked. The like I may …
With rule
… a Grief 'tis to ſee a Wife or Husband prove a Drunkard, or a Debauch'dDebauched Perſon! Yet many a Godly Perſon hath been thus yoaked. The like I may …
Edward Bury · Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved · p. 157 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other Saints ſmell in all Ages? And how fulſomly do the Names of Wicked, Debauch'dDebauched, and Bloody Perſecutors ſtink? Such as Cain, Pharaoh, Haman, Jeroboam, Judas, Herod, and ſuch …
With rule
… other Saints ſmell in all Ages? And how fulſomly do the Names of Wicked, Debauch'dDebauched, and Bloody Perſecutors ſtink? Such as Cain, Pharaoh, Haman, Jeroboam, Judas, Herod, and ſuch …
Edward Bury · Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved · p. 193 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
Debauch'dDebauched perſons wiſh there were no God, Pag. 53
With rule
Debauch'dDebauched perſons wiſh there were no God, Pag. 53
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader

Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues A45744

Printed
… voluntary Agents may vary in ſome things, that are Natural; eſpecially where Men have Debauch'dDebauched their Natures, and have offered great violence to themſelves: more than this, the exceptions …
With rule
… voluntary Agents may vary in ſome things, that are Natural; eſpecially where Men have Debauch'dDebauched their Natures, and have offered great violence to themſelves: more than this, the exceptions …
John Hartcliffe · Treatise of Moral and Intellectual Virtues · p. 373 · Open in the reader