Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10186 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

defil'ddefiled

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

Puritas changed it: 186 times in 107 works
Consistency: 94.9% (186 of 196)
Reach if approved: ~206 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: defiled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 196 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (186 changes in 107 works, 94.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 186)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Our natures not perfectly coole since defil'ddefiled by originall corruption.
With rule
Our natures not perfectly coole since defil'ddefiled by originall corruption.
Henry Lawrence · A History of Angels · Open in the reader
Printed
This most defil'ddefiled; yet each the World is stil'd.
With rule
This most defil'ddefiled; yet each the World is stil'd.
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
But he that hath defil'ddefiled anothers wife.
With rule
But he that hath defil'ddefiled anothers wife.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader
Printed
… are many in this degenerate Age, who altho they dare not publickly own the defil'ddefiled and abhorr'd Name of Infidels, yet among their Companions employ their Wit to dispute …
With rule
… are many in this degenerate Age, who altho they dare not publickly own the defil'ddefiled and abhorr'd Name of Infidels, yet among their Companions employ their Wit to dispute …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
Regenerations waſhing; Souls defil'ddefiled,
With rule
Regenerations waſhing; Souls defil'ddefiled,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
To creep in beds whoſe ſheets he knows defil'ddefiled.
With rule
To creep in beds whoſe ſheets he knows defil'ddefiled.
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Idolatrized; complyed much with them, and the ſinful practiſes of the Times, and were defil'ddefiled with the pollutions of them; and ſo went far from God, and his pure …
With rule
… Idolatrized; complyed much with them, and the ſinful practiſes of the Times, and were defil'ddefiled with the pollutions of them; and ſo went far from God, and his pure …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 30-48 · p. 389 · Open in the reader
Printed
never defil'ddefiled with Sin;
With rule
never defil'ddefiled with Sin;
Benjamin Keach · A Feast of Fat Things Full of Marrow · p. 95 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

7 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.

The Psalms of David in English Meter A27786

Printed
verse 2 Defil'dDefiled I am with spots of sin,
With rule
verse 2 Defil'dDefiled I am with spots of sin,
Francis Rous · The Psalms of David in English Meter · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
Defil'dDefiled, indeed, we muſt be ſo reputed,
With rule
Defil'dDefiled, indeed, we muſt be ſo reputed,
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 47 · Open in the reader

The Banqueting House A47401

Printed
Defil'dDefiled, wounded, and naked made,
With rule
Defil'dDefiled, wounded, and naked made,
Benjamin Keach · The Banqueting House · p. 328 · Open in the reader

Spiritual Melody A47611

Printed
Defil'dDefiled, wounded, and naked made,
With rule
Defil'dDefiled, wounded, and naked made,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Melody · p. 328 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
(Defil'dDefiled with crimes, that cannot be expreſt)
With rule
(Defil'dDefiled with crimes, that cannot be expreſt)
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
Defil'dDefiled hath been, ſince, firſt, it was begun.
With rule
Defil'dDefiled hath been, ſince, firſt, it was begun.
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 200 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Defil'dDefiled the land with crueltie or crime:
With rule
Defil'dDefiled the land with crueltie or crime:
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 111 · Open in the reader