Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10413 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

rebell'drebel'd

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

Puritas changed it: 76 times in 52 works
Consistency: 87.3% (76 of 87)
Reach if approved: ~91 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: rebelled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 87 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (76 changes in 52 works, 87.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 76)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… will any ſay, there's Forgiveneſs with God, that he may be ſlighted and neglected, rebell'drebel'd againſt, and diſobey'd? His abuſed Goodneſs will turn to the more intollerable Wrath, againſt …
With rule
… will any ſay, there's Forgiveneſs with God, that he may be ſlighted and neglected, rebell'drebel'd againſt, and diſobey'd? His abuſed Goodneſs will turn to the more intollerable Wrath, againſt …
John Shower · Gods Thoughts and Ways Above Ours · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
Becauſe I have rebell'drebel'd ſo much, as faſt
With rule
Becauſe I have rebell'drebel'd ſo much, as faſt
John Donne · Poems · p. 309 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had nursed them. Vers. 2. I have nourish'd and brought up children, and they have rebell'drebel'd against me: And in this respect worse than the Beasts they were masters of …
With rule
… had nursed them. Vers. 2. I have nourish'd and brought up children, and they have rebell'drebel'd against me: And in this respect worse than the Beasts they were masters of …
Stephen Charnock · Two Discourses · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
BUT alas! he rebell'drebel'd againſt God; a melancholy Change immediately enſued: His Glory departed from him; the Privileges …
With rule
BUT alas! he rebell'drebel'd againſt God; a melancholy Change immediately enſued: His Glory departed from him; the Privileges …
Ebenezer Pemberton · Salvation by Grace Through Faith · p. 83 · Open in the reader
Printed
18 The Lord is righteous, for I have rebell'drebel'd against his will:
With rule
18 The Lord is righteous, for I have rebell'drebel'd against his will:
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Provinces, as it was in the days of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah [2 King. 24.1, 20.] who rebell'drebel'd againſt Nebuchadnezzar, and ſo brought deſerved deſtruction upon themſelves. Laſtly, they itimate to him …
With rule
… and Provinces, as it was in the days of Jehoiakim and Zedekiah [2 King. 24.1, 20.] who rebell'drebel'd againſt Nebuchadnezzar, and ſo brought deſerved deſtruction upon themſelves. Laſtly, they itimate to him …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 643 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not several times every day, have the face to tell God that they have rebell'drebel'd against him; and yet never endeavour to come with another story by disavowing and …
With rule
… not several times every day, have the face to tell God that they have rebell'drebel'd against him; and yet never endeavour to come with another story by disavowing and …
John Kettlewell · The Measures of Christian Obedience · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
Still on; for againſt thee they have rebell'drebel'd;
With rule
Still on; for againſt thee they have rebell'drebel'd;
John Milton · Poems · p. 136 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

8 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.

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… he ſtood, as well as Eternal Death to be inflicted on him if he Rebell'dRebel'd. Now this Eternal Life was not due to his Nature, but it was a …
With rule
… he ſtood, as well as Eternal Death to be inflicted on him if he Rebell'dRebel'd. Now this Eternal Life was not due to his Nature, but it was a …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 614 · Open in the reader

Defense of the People of England A50893

Printed
… reckon up their Rebellions; and tho but of late you ſaid they never had Rebell'dRebel'd at all, now you give us a great many reaſons why they Rebell'dRebel'd ſo …
With rule
… reckon up their Rebellions; and tho but of late you ſaid they never had Rebell'dRebel'd at all, now you give us a great many reaſons why they Rebell'dRebel'd ſo …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 113 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had Rebell'dRebel'd at all, now you give us a great many reaſons why they Rebell'dRebel'd ſo often. Then you reſume the Narrative of the manner of our King's Death …
With rule
… had Rebell'dRebel'd at all, now you give us a great many reaſons why they Rebell'dRebel'd ſo often. Then you reſume the Narrative of the manner of our King's Death …
John Milton · Defense of the People of England · p. 113 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… ago with this very want, ſo now he tryed their Children, and they alſo Rebell'dRebel'd againſt him.
With rule
… ago with this very want, ſo now he tryed their Children, and they alſo Rebell'dRebel'd againſt him.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… podg of falſe and ſcandalous Accuſations. N. B. 'Tis true, wicked Zedekiah had once Rebell'dRebel'd, &c. (as before of him) but Error Perſonae non Arti Imputandus, his Perſonal Treachery …
With rule
… podg of falſe and ſcandalous Accuſations. N. B. 'Tis true, wicked Zedekiah had once Rebell'dRebel'd, &c. (as before of him) but Error Perſonae non Arti Imputandus, his Perſonal Treachery …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 657 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… is directly contrary to God's Command to first and second Adam, which the first Rebell'dRebel'd against, and second obey'd; Jo. 10. 18. What was offer'd Adam, in the Tree of Life …
With rule
… is directly contrary to God's Command to first and second Adam, which the first Rebell'dRebel'd against, and second obey'd; Jo. 10. 18. What was offer'd Adam, in the Tree of Life …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 205 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Rebell'dRebel'd proudly 'gainſt thy commandemen…
With rule
Rebell'dRebel'd proudly 'gainſt thy commandemen…
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 408 · Open in the reader

Twelve Single Sermons N01630

Printed
… great Juſtice and Power in puniſhing of Sin. The ſtrong, the mighty Angels that Rebell'dRebel'd; he has laid in Chains, reſerving them to that terrible Judgment which they tremble …
With rule
… great Juſtice and Power in puniſhing of Sin. The ſtrong, the mighty Angels that Rebell'dRebel'd; he has laid in Chains, reſerving them to that terrible Judgment which they tremble …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Twelve Single Sermons · p. 181 · Open in the reader