Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #10444 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

smother'dsmothered

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

Puritas changed it: 73 times in 55 works
Consistency: 100% (73 of 73)
Reach if approved: ~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: smothered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 73 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 55 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… witness against him? After the suspected Poysoning of his Father, not inquir'd into, but smother'dsmothered up, and him protected and advanc'd to the very half of his Kingdom, who …
With rule
… witness against him? After the suspected Poysoning of his Father, not inquir'd into, but smother'dsmothered up, and him protected and advanc'd to the very half of his Kingdom, who …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be expreſſed by words or ſigns, as Ezek. 24.17, 23. There is a Mourning that is ſmother'dsmothered within, where no Expreſſion thereof is viſible without; the Heart may bleed inwardly▪ ) when …
With rule
… be expreſſed by words or ſigns, as Ezek. 24.17, 23. There is a Mourning that is ſmother'dsmothered within, where no Expreſſion thereof is viſible without; the Heart may bleed inwardly▪ ) when …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 327 · Open in the reader
Printed
And ſmother'dsmothered; I beſeech thee, let them not
With rule
And ſmother'dsmothered; I beſeech thee, let them not
George Wither · A Memorandum to London · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… other Churches, the humble Soul will ingenuouſly ſeek by voluntary Confeſſion; a practice rather ſmother'dsmothered than ever condemn'd, even with us (Brethren) who live ſo Anti-popiſhly undiſciplin'd,
With rule
… other Churches, the humble Soul will ingenuouſly ſeek by voluntary Confeſſion; a practice rather ſmother'dsmothered than ever condemn'd, even with us (Brethren) who live ſo Anti-popiſhly undiſciplin'd,
William Strode · Sermon 24 June 1633 · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lips, & let Anger reſt in your Boſom, but that before you are aware the ſmother'dsmothered Fire may break out, beyond Controul, in Fury and Miſchief, that ſhall prepare the …
With rule
… Lips, & let Anger reſt in your Boſom, but that before you are aware the ſmother'dsmothered Fire may break out, beyond Controul, in Fury and Miſchief, that ſhall prepare the …
Thomas Foxcroft · Lessons of Caution to Young Sinners · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… endure a garniſh; for many times, while the ſtory is trim'd, the truth is ſmother'dsmothered: yet in ſome caſes, the higheſt ſtrains of Rhetorical elegance, can but ſufficiently adorn …
With rule
… endure a garniſh; for many times, while the ſtory is trim'd, the truth is ſmother'dsmothered: yet in ſome caſes, the higheſt ſtrains of Rhetorical elegance, can but ſufficiently adorn …
Samuel Annesley · The First Dish at the Wilshire Feast · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Dixit, he spoke, he entred presently into an open profession of his thoughts, he smother'dsmothered nothing, he disguised nothing. God is light, and loves cleernesse; thunder, and wind, and …
With rule
… Dixit, he spoke, he entred presently into an open profession of his thoughts, he smother'dsmothered nothing, he disguised nothing. God is light, and loves cleernesse; thunder, and wind, and …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for ever. Yet was not a jot the better for it. The Suſpicion was ſmother'dsmothered, and yet liv'd, and wrought as much to his prejudice, as if he had …
With rule
… for ever. Yet was not a jot the better for it. The Suſpicion was ſmother'dsmothered, and yet liv'd, and wrought as much to his prejudice, as if he had …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 21 · 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.