Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39858 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reprov'dreproved

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

Puritas changed it: 96 times in 79 works
Consistency: 84.9% (96 of 113)
Reach if approved: ~119 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reproved
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 (96 changes in 79 works, 84.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 96)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
I am not ignorant that theſe perſons here reprov'dreproved, vogue themſelves, and would fain have the reputation to be eſteemed by others alſo …
With rule
I am not ignorant that theſe perſons here reprov'dreproved, vogue themſelves, and would fain have the reputation to be eſteemed by others alſo …
Samuel Palmer · The Plotters Doom · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and upon the hearing was grieved at his very heart, and for it he reprov'dreproved them too: But he was wanting in one thing; he spake to them in …
With rule
… and upon the hearing was grieved at his very heart, and for it he reprov'dreproved them too: But he was wanting in one thing; he spake to them in …
Samuel Slater · An Earnest Call to Family Religion · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who never lov'd those that reprov'dreproved;
With rule
Who never lov'd those that reprov'dreproved;
Michael Wigglesworth · The Day of Doom · Open in the reader
Printed
… too much deſire of theſe things, or too little faith in God, and are reprov'dreproved by the Lord as the vanity and practice of them, who are not his …
With rule
… too much deſire of theſe things, or too little faith in God, and are reprov'dreproved by the Lord as the vanity and practice of them, who are not his …
Bartholomew Ashwood · The Heavenly Trade · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
She most of all disdaines reprov'dreproved to be:
With rule
She most of all disdaines reprov'dreproved to be:
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… will take place. For he grows ſo wicked that he cauſeth the Prophet (who reprov'dreproved him) to be ſtond: even his ſonn who had ſet him on the Throne …
With rule
… will take place. For he grows ſo wicked that he cauſeth the Prophet (who reprov'dreproved him) to be ſtond: even his ſonn who had ſet him on the Throne …
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
Death improv'd, and Immoderate Sorrow for Deceaſed Friends and Relations reprov'dreproved. By Edw. Bury, formerly Miniſter at Great Bolas in Shropſhire. In Octavo.
With rule
Death improv'd, and Immoderate Sorrow for Deceaſed Friends and Relations reprov'dreproved. By Edw. Bury, formerly Miniſter at Great Bolas in Shropſhire. In Octavo.
Oliver Heywood · A Family Altar Erected to the Honor of the Eternal God · Open in the reader
Printed
… zeal makes a man go beyond the bounds of his place and calling. Samuel reprov'dreproved Saul for his heady violence, 1 Sam. 13. 13. When Saul had taken upon him to offer …
With rule
… zeal makes a man go beyond the bounds of his place and calling. Samuel reprov'dreproved Saul for his heady violence, 1 Sam. 13. 13. When Saul had taken upon him to offer …
Christopher Love · The Zealous Christian Taking Heaven by Holy Violence · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

7 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.

Sermon 17 July 1700 A50459

Printed
… it is to Reprove, and how it appears that 'tis a Privilege to be Reprov'dReproved; We muſt take notice of a Twofold Reproof; Fraternal, and Authoritative.
With rule
… it is to Reprove, and how it appears that 'tis a Privilege to be Reprov'dReproved; We muſt take notice of a Twofold Reproof; Fraternal, and Authoritative.
Daniel Mayo · Sermon 17 July 1700 · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… concerns every ſingle perſon. Nor is it hard to know, who are to be Reprov'dReproved. 'Tis our Offending Brother, called alſo in the Latter Part of the Verſe, our …
With rule
… concerns every ſingle perſon. Nor is it hard to know, who are to be Reprov'dReproved. 'Tis our Offending Brother, called alſo in the Latter Part of the Verſe, our …
Daniel Mayo · Sermon 17 July 1700 · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And, 'tis not to be queſtion'd, But that his Righteous Words, and Actions too, Reprov'dReproved their Wicked Deeds, or elſe, tho' he might have been a Preacher, he would …
With rule
… And, 'tis not to be queſtion'd, But that his Righteous Words, and Actions too, Reprov'dReproved their Wicked Deeds, or elſe, tho' he might have been a Preacher, he would …
Daniel Mayo · Sermon 17 July 1700 · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
Let me Briefly ſhew, that 'tis a Privilege to be Reprov'dReproved, and ſo I will conclude the Firſt General Propounded.
With rule
Let me Briefly ſhew, that 'tis a Privilege to be Reprov'dReproved, and ſo I will conclude the Firſt General Propounded.
Daniel Mayo · Sermon 17 July 1700 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… H…od, Fox, Luke 13.32. So far was Elijah from deſpiſing Dominion, that while he Reprov'dReproved the King, he alſo requires him in God's Name to exerciſe his Authority, in …
With rule
… H…od, Fox, Luke 13.32. So far was Elijah from deſpiſing Dominion, that while he Reprov'dReproved the King, he alſo requires him in God's Name to exerciſe his Authority, in …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 494 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had they done ſo before the Temple was built, the Prophet Haggai would have Reprov'dReproved them for it, as he did for preferring their own Houſes before the Houſe …
With rule
… had they done ſo before the Temple was built, the Prophet Haggai would have Reprov'dReproved them for it, as he did for preferring their own Houſes before the Houſe …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 657 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Reprov'dReproved the Nobles for ſuch uſury,
With rule
Reprov'dReproved the Nobles for ſuch uſury,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 394 · Open in the reader