Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10190 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

devour'ddevoured

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

Puritas changed it: 128 times in 82 works
Consistency: 91.4% (128 of 140)
Reach if approved: ~147 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devoured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 140 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (128 changes in 82 works, 91.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 128)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And with destruction bitter als▪ devour'ddevoured with burning heat:
With rule
And with destruction bitter als▪ devour'ddevoured with burning heat:
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… said to have gone out of a rod of her Branches, and to have devour'ddevoured her fruit, so that she had no strong rod to be a Scepter to …
With rule
… said to have gone out of a rod of her Branches, and to have devour'ddevoured her fruit, so that she had no strong rod to be a Scepter to …
Samuel Crossman · Two Sermons in Bristol · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Land; and the Lyons not hurting Daniel, though caſt into their Den to be devour'ddevoured by them; or that all the Creatures came tamely to Noah into the Ark …
With rule
… Land; and the Lyons not hurting Daniel, though caſt into their Den to be devour'ddevoured by them; or that all the Creatures came tamely to Noah into the Ark …
Thomas Hodges · The Creatures Goodness · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Brother, gets ſole poſſeſſion of the Kingdom, reigns tyrannically, and is at laſt devour'ddevoured by Wolves. p. 15.
With rule
… his Brother, gets ſole poſſeſſion of the Kingdom, reigns tyrannically, and is at laſt devour'ddevoured by Wolves. p. 15.
John Milton · The History of Britain · Open in the reader
Printed
… Ends of Time, Truths, and Experiences, that nothing be loſt? or han't the world devour'ddevoured the main Feaſt, and the Fleſh and the Devil had the reſt? Have you …
With rule
… Ends of Time, Truths, and Experiences, that nothing be loſt? or han't the world devour'ddevoured the main Feaſt, and the Fleſh and the Devil had the reſt? Have you …
Samuel Stodden · The Voice of the Rod · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
Leſt by a ſudden Plague they be devour'ddevoured,
With rule
Leſt by a ſudden Plague they be devour'ddevoured,
George Wither · Divine Poems · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Quarrel, that he hath threatned disobedient Children with having their Eyes pickt out and devour'ddevoured by Ravens and Eagles.
With rule
… Quarrel, that he hath threatned disobedient Children with having their Eyes pickt out and devour'ddevoured by Ravens and Eagles.
Timothy Cruso · God the Guide of Youth · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… minitari tenebras, as it cover'd and drank up the Sea, and took up and devour'ddevoured the Earth, so it did seem to darken Heaven too: An Army which consisted …
With rule
… minitari tenebras, as it cover'd and drank up the Sea, and took up and devour'ddevoured the Earth, so it did seem to darken Heaven too: An Army which consisted …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 257 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 A26810

Printed
… pretended to love God, but hated their Neighbour: they Fasted twice a Week, but Devour'dDevoured Widows Houses: they were very nice in observing the numerous Rites of Religion, but …
With rule
… pretended to love God, but hated their Neighbour: they Fasted twice a Week, but Devour'dDevoured Widows Houses: they were very nice in observing the numerous Rites of Religion, but …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 110 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Devour'dDevoured whole Cities, and unpeopled towns.
With rule
Devour'dDevoured whole Cities, and unpeopled towns.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
Devour'dDevoured young infants, and the commons brain'd
With rule
Devour'dDevoured young infants, and the commons brain'd
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Divine Poems A66751

Printed
Devour'dDevoured his Children; And they fain him, for
With rule
Devour'dDevoured his Children; And they fain him, for
George Wither · Divine Poems · p. 19 · Open in the reader

Britains Genius A96763

Printed
Devour'dDevoured their cattell, ſometime ſhed their bloods,
With rule
Devour'dDevoured their cattell, ſometime ſhed their bloods,
George Wither · Britains Genius · p. 26 · Open in the reader