Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39784 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cleans'dcleansed

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

Puritas changed it: 106 times in 55 works
Consistency: 87.6% (106 of 121)
Reach if approved: ~127 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cleansed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 121 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: cleans (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (106 changes in 55 works, 87.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 106)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
The Tyrant Queller, cleans'dcleansed th' Augean ſtall,
With rule
The Tyrant Queller, cleans'dcleansed th' Augean ſtall,
George Wither · The Dark Lantern · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
Unbribed hands, cleans'dcleansed heart, and never tainted eyes!
With rule
Unbribed hands, cleans'dcleansed heart, and never tainted eyes!
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… filthy ſtill, even forever; becauſe it would not be cleans'dcleansed, when God would have cleans'dcleansed it, which Voices we may find in their due order Revel. 14. compare the Time …
With rule
… filthy ſtill, even forever; becauſe it would not be cleans'dcleansed, when God would have cleans'dcleansed it, which Voices we may find in their due order Revel. 14. compare the Time …
Thomas Beverley · The Late Great Revolution in this Nation · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… without an Almighty Hand. We are drowned in an Univerſal Filth, and cannot be cleans'dcleansed without an Infinite Purity. Sin is ſtrong in its Accuſations; our Righteouſneſs is imperfect …
With rule
… without an Almighty Hand. We are drowned in an Univerſal Filth, and cannot be cleans'dcleansed without an Infinite Purity. Sin is ſtrong in its Accuſations; our Righteouſneſs is imperfect …
Stephen Charnock · Sermon on 2 Corinthians 5:19 · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Leproſie to obſerve; for as ſoon as Chriſt deſcended from the Mount, he cleans'dcleansed the Leper, and then commanded him to offer a gift as Moſes had commanded …
With rule
… his Leproſie to obſerve; for as ſoon as Chriſt deſcended from the Mount, he cleans'dcleansed the Leper, and then commanded him to offer a gift as Moſes had commanded …
Jeremiah Ives · Saturday No Sabbath · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Holy Ghost it is brought to passe in us, that even we will be cleans'dcleansed, he resists the Holy Ghost, affirming by Salomon, that the Will is prepared by …
With rule
… Holy Ghost it is brought to passe in us, that even we will be cleans'dcleansed, he resists the Holy Ghost, affirming by Salomon, that the Will is prepared by …
Richard Resbury · The Lightless Star · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… content himſelf to have ſin blotted out by a pardon, unleſs 'twere waſht and cleans'dcleansed away, Pſa. 51.1, 2. and the mending of his beart, without new making it by Creation …
With rule
… content himſelf to have ſin blotted out by a pardon, unleſs 'twere waſht and cleans'dcleansed away, Pſa. 51.1, 2. and the mending of his beart, without new making it by Creation …
Ralph Venning · Sin the Plague of Plagues · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
… very ſlowly kindled, and is an intenſe holy diſplicence only againſt ſin; and is cleanſ'dcleansed from all dregs of raſhneſſe, injuſtice and diſcompoſure; ſuch zeal ſhould eat us up.
With rule
… very ſlowly kindled, and is an intenſe holy diſplicence only againſt ſin; and is cleanſ'dcleansed from all dregs of raſhneſſe, injuſtice and diſcompoſure; ſuch zeal ſhould eat us up.
Thomas Case · The Morning Exercise Methodized · p. 201 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

Printed
… Calendar of Time to the Kingdom of Jeſus Chriſt, when the Sanctuary ſhall be Cleans'dCleansed; according to that Great Note of Daniel's Third viſion, at the End of the …
With rule
… Calendar of Time to the Kingdom of Jeſus Chriſt, when the Sanctuary ſhall be Cleans'dCleansed; according to that Great Note of Daniel's Third viſion, at the End of the …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to Ezekiels viſion of the City, and Temple by the note of the Sanctuary Cleans'dCleansed: It is united to the Monarchic Calendar by the Prince, viz. The Antichriſtian Prince …
With rule
… to Ezekiels viſion of the City, and Temple by the note of the Sanctuary Cleans'dCleansed: It is united to the Monarchic Calendar by the Prince, viz. The Antichriſtian Prince …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · Open in the reader

The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary A27621

Printed
… the Kings in their Idolatrous Impoſitions are utterly Remov'd; The Houſe is to be Cleans'dCleansed, and Reconcil'd, and the Altar purified Seven days; The Prieſts to Conſecrate themſelves; and …
With rule
… the Kings in their Idolatrous Impoſitions are utterly Remov'd; The Houſe is to be Cleans'dCleansed, and Reconcil'd, and the Altar purified Seven days; The Prieſts to Conſecrate themſelves; and …
Thomas Beverley · The Pattern of the Divine Temple Sanctuary · p. 13 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Divine Raptures A28161

Printed
Cleans'dCleansed muſt the ſacrifices inward be,
With rule
Cleans'dCleansed muſt the ſacrifices inward be,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 119 · Open in the reader