Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10242 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

figur'dfigured

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

Puritas changed it: 67 times in 35 works
Consistency: 90.5% (67 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: figured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (67 changes in 35 works, 90.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 67)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… look upon, the Person of Christ, the most lovely Object to be thought of, figur'dfigured in the Mercy-Seat, or cover of the Ark, who interposed between the Law …
With rule
… look upon, the Person of Christ, the most lovely Object to be thought of, figur'dfigured in the Mercy-Seat, or cover of the Ark, who interposed between the Law …
Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 918 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Plates of the Original Shells, which prove them not to be Stones primarily so figur'dfigured.
With rule
… Plates of the Original Shells, which prove them not to be Stones primarily so figur'dfigured.
John Ray · Three Physico-Theological Discourses · Open in the reader
Printed
Is in a figur'dfigured Hog, a wanton Goat, or Cow:
With rule
Is in a figur'dfigured Hog, a wanton Goat, or Cow:
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. The Band of our Duty; all figur'dfigured out in Baptiſme: So farre we are gone.
With rule
3. The Band of our Duty; all figur'dfigured out in Baptiſme: So farre we are gone.
Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… works of gold, ſet with pretious ſtones. This outward adorning of the Saints was figur'dfigured out by Aarons Breſt plate, wherein there was Twelve pretious ſtones, Exod. 28. 11. And the …
With rule
… works of gold, ſet with pretious ſtones. This outward adorning of the Saints was figur'dfigured out by Aarons Breſt plate, wherein there was Twelve pretious ſtones, Exod. 28. 11. And the …
John Robotham · Exposition of Song of Solomon · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
Is figur'dfigured here, thoſe noble deeds to ſhow,
With rule
Is figur'dfigured here, thoſe noble deeds to ſhow,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do nothing but what the four longest can. And how uncomely would such a figur'dfigured hand appear? when that beauty is lost, that springs from variety in things alike …
With rule
… do nothing but what the four longest can. And how uncomely would such a figur'dfigured hand appear? when that beauty is lost, that springs from variety in things alike …
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in other Creatures repreſent ſome excellencies in his nature and actions, which cannot be figur'dfigured by a human ſhape, as ſtrength by the Lyon, ſwiftneſs and readineſs by the …
With rule
… in other Creatures repreſent ſome excellencies in his nature and actions, which cannot be figur'dfigured by a human ſhape, as ſtrength by the Lyon, ſwiftneſs and readineſs by the …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 120 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

0 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.