Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39779 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reveng'drevenged

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

Puritas changed it: 103 times in 60 works
Consistency: 91.1% (103 of 113)
Reach if approved: ~119 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: revenged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 113 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (103 changes in 60 works, 91.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 103)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for him to deſtroy Mordecai alone, and therefore reſolved for his ſake to be reveng'drevenged on all his Nation, and (if poſſible) to root it quite it out. And …
With rule
… for him to deſtroy Mordecai alone, and therefore reſolved for his ſake to be reveng'drevenged on all his Nation, and (if poſſible) to root it quite it out. And …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 651 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath the higheſt Spirit, Pſal. 127.6. An injury well remembred, is ill retain'd, and half reveng'drevenged; If ever thou hope thy charity ſhould live after thee, let the injuries of …
With rule
… hath the higheſt Spirit, Pſal. 127.6. An injury well remembred, is ill retain'd, and half reveng'drevenged; If ever thou hope thy charity ſhould live after thee, let the injuries of …
John Godolphin · The Holy Limbeck(1) · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would be but an Enchiridion in comparison of this History. At length to be reveng'drevenged upon them for their Joining, as they always did, with the Sober part of …
With rule
… would be but an Enchiridion in comparison of this History. At length to be reveng'drevenged upon them for their Joining, as they always did, with the Sober part of …
Cotton Mather · An Idea of the Reformation in England and History of Non-Conformity · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Church be of all Societies the Honest on earth; and so to be reveng'drevenged by the Magistrate; not to trust her with her own belief and integrity, and …
With rule
… the Church be of all Societies the Honest on earth; and so to be reveng'drevenged by the Magistrate; not to trust her with her own belief and integrity, and …
John Milton · Supplement to Du Moulin · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Scepter of the Lord Jeſus Chriſt; and for this will the Devil be reveng'drevenged on it, as he is able; becauſe he cannot baniſh it out of the …
With rule
… and Scepter of the Lord Jeſus Chriſt; and for this will the Devil be reveng'drevenged on it, as he is able; becauſe he cannot baniſh it out of the …
Samuel Stodden · Essay on Head Coverings · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… me but thy life. Thou haſt wrong'd my dear God, therefore I will be reveng'drevenged of thee. True Repentance, and true Faith, work indignation and revenge; 2 Cor. 7.11. Yea, what …
With rule
… me but thy life. Thou haſt wrong'd my dear God, therefore I will be reveng'drevenged of thee. True Repentance, and true Faith, work indignation and revenge; 2 Cor. 7.11. Yea, what …
Matthew Lawrence · The Use and Practice of Faith · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that offer'd the wrong: Such a kind of affection should be in you; be reveng'drevenged on sin that did Christ all the wrong. Deal by it, as it did …
With rule
… that offer'd the wrong: Such a kind of affection should be in you; be reveng'drevenged on sin that did Christ all the wrong. Deal by it, as it did …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 258 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to the wonder and confusion of most Christians: 'Tis true, we are prity well reveng'drevenged on them for setting us Examples so reproachful to us; calling their Heroick actions …
With rule
… to the wonder and confusion of most Christians: 'Tis true, we are prity well reveng'drevenged on them for setting us Examples so reproachful to us; calling their Heroick actions …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 31 December 1665 · p. 34 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

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

Printed
… Shechem's hands (which, they being but few, could not do by force) and be Reveng'dRevenged of him for the Rape committed: The Deceit lay here in the general, inaſmuch …
With rule
… Shechem's hands (which, they being but few, could not do by force) and be Reveng'dRevenged of him for the Rape committed: The Deceit lay here in the general, inaſmuch …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 317 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt, David bleſſeth God, when he heard that God had Reveng'dRevenged his Quarrel upon Nabal for his wickedneſs, in taking him away by a Deadly …
With rule
Firſt, David bleſſeth God, when he heard that God had Reveng'dRevenged his Quarrel upon Nabal for his wickedneſs, in taking him away by a Deadly …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 313 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had made Governour of that City: Then the third Brother Johannes Hircanus ſucceeded, and Reveng'dRevenged the Murther, in whoſe Principality and Prieſthood Antiochus beſieg'd him in Jeruſalem in that …
With rule
… had made Governour of that City: Then the third Brother Johannes Hircanus ſucceeded, and Reveng'dRevenged the Murther, in whoſe Principality and Prieſthood Antiochus beſieg'd him in Jeruſalem in that …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 749 · Open in the reader

The True Christians T est A59607

Printed
… of Pride and Malice, and their deſign is nothing but to Rule, or be Reveng'dRevenged. If a man had as good eyes as Jacob had, he might ſee the …
With rule
… of Pride and Malice, and their deſign is nothing but to Rule, or be Reveng'dRevenged. If a man had as good eyes as Jacob had, he might ſee the …
Samuel Shaw · The True Christians T est · p. 219 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed B27417

Printed
6. Ecce homo, & ulciscere, Behold the man, and be Reveng'dRevenged.
With rule
6. Ecce homo, & ulciscere, Behold the man, and be Reveng'dRevenged.
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 258 · Open in the reader