Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11303 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

possestpossessed

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 2,007 times in 900 works
Consistency: 98.3% (2,007 of 2,040)
Reach if approved: ~2,143 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: possessed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,040 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,007 changes in 900 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,007)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Oh then when we have gotten our …les possestpossessed of God, let our study be, … preserve our selves in his love, to …ke …
With rule
Oh then when we have gotten our …les possestpossessed of God, let our study be, … preserve our selves in his love, to …ke …
Richard Sibbes · The Souls Conflict With Itself · p. 525 · Open in the reader
Printed
AT our last mentioning of the Turks and their victories, we left them possestpossessed of Jerusalem, and the greater part of Syria: but since they have thrived better …
With rule
AT our last mentioning of the Turks and their victories, we left them possestpossessed of Jerusalem, and the greater part of Syria: but since they have thrived better …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in ſpeaking on Gods behalfe, and our neighbours, we are commonly mute enough, yea, poſſeſtpossessed with a dumbe ſpirit. But of good ſpeech and ſilence, God giueth opportunity, and …
With rule
… in ſpeaking on Gods behalfe, and our neighbours, we are commonly mute enough, yea, poſſeſtpossessed with a dumbe ſpirit. But of good ſpeech and ſilence, God giueth opportunity, and …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onely the selfe same error and misconceite, wherewith others being at this day likewise possestpossessed, they aske vs where our Church did lurke, in what caue of the earth …
With rule
… onely the selfe same error and misconceite, wherewith others being at this day likewise possestpossessed, they aske vs where our Church did lurke, in what caue of the earth …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of theſe This Argument is plain, neither can any deny it, that is not poſſeſtpossessed with a Phariſaicall ſpirit.
With rule
… of theſe This Argument is plain, neither can any deny it, that is not poſſeſtpossessed with a Phariſaicall ſpirit.
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that a turbulent sorrow which ends in despaire, that the children of wrath are possestpossessed withall, such as Iudas, and Cain, and Achitophel; but this is not the sorrow …
With rule
… that a turbulent sorrow which ends in despaire, that the children of wrath are possestpossessed withall, such as Iudas, and Cain, and Achitophel; but this is not the sorrow …
John Preston · Remains · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are but onely comming on in the ſaith, and haue not yet beene throughly poſſeſtpossessed of the true being of a Church. The Church of Epheſus was fallen away …
With rule
… are but onely comming on in the ſaith, and haue not yet beene throughly poſſeſtpossessed of the true being of a Church. The Church of Epheſus was fallen away …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one that is easily possestpossessed with what is first told him, or being once possestpossessed will not with any reason bee perswaded to the contrary; one that lendeth eare …
With rule
… one that is easily possestpossessed with what is first told him, or being once possestpossessed will not with any reason bee perswaded to the contrary; one that lendeth eare …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 185 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (33)

21 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
PossestPossessed by those that seeke to cut our thr…at;
With rule
PossestPossessed by those that seeke to cut our thr…at;
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures A15659

Printed
PoſſeſtPossessed of none:
With rule
PoſſeſtPossessed of none:
George Wither · The Songs of the Old Testament Translated into English Measures · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Eighteen Sermons A23716

Printed
… the men that will not be persuaded to belieue. In these foreign they are his foreign, PossestPossessed and agitated by him; 'tis he spirits what they do: their actions are his …
With rule
… the men that will not be persuaded to belieue. In these foreign they are his foreign, PossestPossessed and agitated by him; 'tis he spirits what they do: their actions are his …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 222 · Open in the reader

The World Bewitched A27337

Printed
… afterwards in the 26 to the 30, what are the Daemonia, and thoſe that are called PoſſeſtPossessed. And laſtly, in the 31ſt, Chapter, what muſt be underſtood in all the other …
With rule
… afterwards in the 26 to the 30, what are the Daemonia, and thoſe that are called PoſſeſtPossessed. And laſtly, in the 31ſt, Chapter, what muſt be underſtood in all the other …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
But as the PoſſeſtPossessed are univerſally alledg'd for a certain proof of the great power of the Devil …
With rule
But as the PoſſeſtPossessed are univerſally alledg'd for a certain proof of the great power of the Devil …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chapter, to produce ſome inſtances of Apparitions. In the 6th, I ſpeak of the PoſſeſtPossessed and Bewitched, as far as I am acquainted with them, and thereupon I declare …
With rule
… Chapter, to produce ſome inſtances of Apparitions. In the 6th, I ſpeak of the PoſſeſtPossessed and Bewitched, as far as I am acquainted with them, and thereupon I declare …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader

Harvest-Home A29933

Printed
PoſſeſtPossessed by every one,
With rule
PoſſeſtPossessed by every one,
John Bryan · Harvest-Home · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Saints Convoy to Heaven A36326

Printed
4. From approaching Death. PoſſeſtPossessed with Fear about the Pains and Pangs of Death, how to bear them, and …
With rule
4. From approaching Death. PoſſeſtPossessed with Fear about the Pains and Pangs of Death, how to bear them, and …
Thomas Doolittle · The Saints Convoy to Heaven · p. 67 · Open in the reader

The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar A39998

Printed
… Expression in the Epistle to the Trallians, wherein he asserts the Bishop to be PossestPossessed of all Principalitie and Authority beyond all, as much, as it is possible for …
With rule
… Expression in the Epistle to the Trallians, wherein he asserts the Bishop to be PossestPossessed of all Principalitie and Authority beyond all, as much, as it is possible for …
Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Authority beyond all, as much, as it is possible for Men to be PossestPossessed of (as it is truely translated out of the Greek) The Dr. Represents only …
With rule
… and Authority beyond all, as much, as it is possible for Men to be PossestPossessed of (as it is truely translated out of the Greek) The Dr. Represents only …
Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the obligation of this Command. And if he be thus subject, how is he PossestPossessed of all Principality and Authority, beyond all, as much, as is possible for Men …
With rule
… the obligation of this Command. And if he be thus subject, how is he PossestPossessed of all Principality and Authority, beyond all, as much, as is possible for Men …
Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Principality and Authority, beyond all, as much, as is possible for Men to be PossestPossessed of? Or how will the Dr. make this accord, with that Interest and Authority …
With rule
… Principality and Authority, beyond all, as much, as is possible for Men to be PossestPossessed of? Or how will the Dr. make this accord, with that Interest and Authority …
Thomas Forrester · The Hierarchical Bishops Claim Tried at the Scripture-Bar · p. 39 · Open in the reader

Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws A42925

Printed
… well to poſſeſs and keep ſafely, as to endeavour earneſtly) is a Clerk duly PoſſeſtPossessed of and Reſident on his Benefice with Cure. For the faithful diſcharge whereof he …
With rule
… well to poſſeſs and keep ſafely, as to endeavour earneſtly) is a Clerk duly PoſſeſtPossessed of and Reſident on his Benefice with Cure. For the faithful diſcharge whereof he …
John Godolphin · Abridgment of Ecclesiastical Laws · p. 317 · Open in the reader

The Beauty of Holiness A45329

Printed
PossestPossessed of Heaven, Heaven unpossest of Thee.
With rule
PossestPossessed of Heaven, Heaven unpossest of Thee.
Thomas Hall · The Beauty of Holiness · Open in the reader

Sixteen Sermons Volume 2 A62642

Printed
… underſtand two of thoſe Kingdoms, of which this Beast, whoever he be, ſhall be PoſſeſtPossessed.
With rule
… underſtand two of thoſe Kingdoms, of which this Beast, whoever he be, ſhall be PoſſeſtPossessed.
John Tillotson · Sixteen Sermons Volume 2 · p. 327 · Open in the reader

Grapes from Canaan A63574

Printed
PoſſeſtPossessed or left at th'Landlords libertie:
With rule
PoſſeſtPossessed or left at th'Landlords libertie:
Francis Taylor · Grapes from Canaan · p. 21 · Open in the reader

Improvement of Imprisonment A66756

Printed
The Freedom loſt, or that which is PoſſeſtPossessed,
With rule
The Freedom loſt, or that which is PoſſeſtPossessed,
George Wither · Improvement of Imprisonment · p. 28 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection and the Reward to Come Considered A67106

Printed
… Riches then the Treasures in Egypt, of which Wealth and Power he had been PossestPossessed, had he been content to go for the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter.
With rule
… Riches then the Treasures in Egypt, of which Wealth and Power he had been PossestPossessed, had he been content to go for the Son of Pharaoh's Daughter.
John Worthington · The Resurrection and the Reward to Come Considered · p. 58 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
PoſſeſtPossessed, or with Anacreons Extaſie,
With rule
PoſſeſtPossessed, or with Anacreons Extaſie,
John Donne · Poems · p. 386 · Open in the reader

The Dark Lantern A96745

Printed
PoſſeſtPossessed my ſoul; and that he whoſoever
With rule
PoſſeſtPossessed my ſoul; and that he whoſoever
George Wither · The Dark Lantern · p. 41 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

Printed
… and cuts them off trom a Power of Diſpoſing them. But when Men are PoſſeſtPossessed of ſuch Inheritances, either by a Purchaſe made by themſelves, or by a Free …
With rule
… and cuts them off trom a Power of Diſpoſing them. But when Men are PoſſeſtPossessed of ſuch Inheritances, either by a Purchaſe made by themſelves, or by a Free …
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 703 · Open in the reader