Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10221 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

enlighten'denlightened

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

Puritas changed it: 75 times in 46 works
Consistency: 100% (75 of 75)
Reach if approved: ~79 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: enlightened
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 75 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (75 changes in 46 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 75)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Myſtery, that ſhould be glorious in our Eyes; and will be ſo, if truly enlighten'denlightened by the Spirit of Chriſt. Nor ſhall we then vainly imagine the Doctrine of …
With rule
… Myſtery, that ſhould be glorious in our Eyes; and will be ſo, if truly enlighten'denlightened by the Spirit of Chriſt. Nor ſhall we then vainly imagine the Doctrine of …
Thomas Foxcroft · Like Precious Faith Obtained through the Righteousness of our God · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
For ever blessed be God, who hath enlighten'denlightened my Soul with the Knowledge of this sacred Truth, and Faith in him: O …
With rule
For ever blessed be God, who hath enlighten'denlightened my Soul with the Knowledge of this sacred Truth, and Faith in him: O …
Clement Ellis · The Communicants Guide · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
The Gentiles ſhall enlighten'denlightened be,
With rule
The Gentiles ſhall enlighten'denlightened be,
Benjamin Keach · Spiritual Songs · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God; and Friends, rejected cast-aways, hated by him for ever, as Job's enlighten'denlightened Friends did seem to reckon him, when under the Cross; Job. 4. 7, -9. Psal. 73. 7, -14. Heb. 12. 6, -8. Solomon …
With rule
… of God; and Friends, rejected cast-aways, hated by him for ever, as Job's enlighten'denlightened Friends did seem to reckon him, when under the Cross; Job. 4. 7, -9. Psal. 73. 7, -14. Heb. 12. 6, -8. Solomon …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 419 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to ſaving grace, that it puzzles the moſt curious and ſearching eye (if not enlighten'denlightened with a beam from Heaven) to diſcern the difference: beſides, the ſlender meaſures of …
With rule
… to ſaving grace, that it puzzles the moſt curious and ſearching eye (if not enlighten'denlightened with a beam from Heaven) to diſcern the difference: beſides, the ſlender meaſures of …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Heavenly Trade · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and shock our Minds; but upon an impartial consideration they approve themselves to our enlighten'denlightened reason, and challenge our belief & entertainment of them, as true and faithful sayings. He …
With rule
… and shock our Minds; but upon an impartial consideration they approve themselves to our enlighten'denlightened reason, and challenge our belief & entertainment of them, as true and faithful sayings. He …
Thomas Foxcroft · The Day of a Godly Mans Death Better than the Day of his Birth · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, and ſome Duties to be performed by us. Who, that is any Way enlighten'denlightened, cannot ſee the falſe Divinity and Fundamental Errors of this Paſſage? For how can …
With rule
… God, and ſome Duties to be performed by us. Who, that is any Way enlighten'denlightened, cannot ſee the falſe Divinity and Fundamental Errors of this Paſſage? For how can …
George Whitefield · Letter Showing Error of Book Entitled The Whole Duty of Man · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Dispersions? And then in the next whole Century, the whole Heathen World should be enlighten'denlightened and converted to the christian Faith, throughout all Parts of Affrica, Asia, America and …
With rule
… Dispersions? And then in the next whole Century, the whole Heathen World should be enlighten'denlightened and converted to the christian Faith, throughout all Parts of Affrica, Asia, America and …
Jonathan Edwards · Union in Prayer for Revival of Religion · p. 148 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.