Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39886 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bequeath'dbequeathed

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

Puritas changed it: 79 times in 61 works
Consistency: 97.5% (79 of 81)
Reach if approved: ~85 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bequeathed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 81 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (79 changes in 61 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 79)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Books ſhould be bought into the Colledge Library; and to the Ʋniverſity Library he bequeath'dbequeathed by Will all his own Books, which coſt him about 1500 l.
With rule
… Books ſhould be bought into the Colledge Library; and to the Ʋniverſity Library he bequeath'dbequeathed by Will all his own Books, which coſt him about 1500 l.
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. xlix · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſickneſs ended his Reign. And to Kenulf next in right of the ſame Progeny bequeath'dbequeathed his Kingdome. Mean while the Daniſh Pirats who ſtill waſted Northumberland, ventring on ſhoar …
With rule
… ſickneſs ended his Reign. And to Kenulf next in right of the ſame Progeny bequeath'dbequeathed his Kingdome. Mean while the Daniſh Pirats who ſtill waſted Northumberland, ventring on ſhoar …
John Milton · The History of Britain · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the like) I dare boldly say we are now happy in, & may …e bequeath'dbequeathed as a pattern to the greatest Potentat, show…ng so much piety to God …
With rule
… with the like) I dare boldly say we are now happy in, & may …e bequeath'dbequeathed as a pattern to the greatest Potentat, show…ng so much piety to God …
Edward Reynolds · Great Britains Distractions · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ah! Would to God, he had bequeath'dbequeathed to me
With rule
Ah! Would to God, he had bequeath'dbequeathed to me
John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath a will to doe good, if hee had time. And at laſt, hee bequeath'dbequeathed his good deeds by teſtament, becauſe he cennot live to doe evill any longer …
With rule
… hath a will to doe good, if hee had time. And at laſt, hee bequeath'dbequeathed his good deeds by teſtament, becauſe he cennot live to doe evill any longer …
Nathanael Homes · The Peasants Price of Spiritual Liberty · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them that walk uprightly. When our SAVIOUR was about to leave this World He bequeath'dbequeathed Peace to His Diſciples as a rich Legacy. Joh. 14.27. Peace I leave with you …
With rule
… them that walk uprightly. When our SAVIOUR was about to leave this World He bequeath'dbequeathed Peace to His Diſciples as a rich Legacy. Joh. 14.27. Peace I leave with you …
Joseph Sewall · The Character and Blessedness of the Upright · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
Before thou hadst bequeath'dbequeathed thy selfe to mee.
With rule
Before thou hadst bequeath'dbequeathed thy selfe to mee.
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
… here; for (as one ſays) Chriſt hath purchaſed by his Death all the Legacies bequeath'dbequeathed in his Teſtament, which no other Teſtator does.
With rule
… here; for (as one ſays) Chriſt hath purchaſed by his Death all the Legacies bequeath'dbequeathed in his Teſtament, which no other Teſtator does.
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 229 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Prayer-Song A81112

Printed
Bequeath'dBequeathed by Iſaac's bleſſing hand.
With rule
Bequeath'dBequeathed by Iſaac's bleſſing hand.
Daniel Cudmore · A Prayer-Song · p. 93 · Open in the reader