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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39928 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ov'rover

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

Puritas changed it
83 times in 13 works
Consistency
88.3% (83 of 94)
Reach if approved
~99 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: over
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
94 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (83 changes in 13 works, 88.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 83)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    9 Moab my washpot is, I'le out my shoe ov'rover Edom thro,
    With rule
    9 Moab my washpot is, I'le out my shoe ov'rover Edom thro,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Ye Israels daughters, weep ov'rover Saul
    With rule
    Ye Israels daughters, weep ov'rover Saul

    Zacharie Boyd · The Songs of the Old and New Testament in Meter · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … a Mouth-full; he was even going about to seek a Slapp to break ov'rover the Dyke of his Doubtings And so it is with GOD's Bairns under their …
    With rule
    … a Mouth-full; he was even going about to seek a Slapp to break ov'rover the Dyke of his Doubtings And so it is with GOD's Bairns under their …

    Samuel Rutherford · Christs Napkin · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … prejudicial to their Interest: and herein they may verify that Scots Proverb, ov'rover fast ov'rover loose, and accomplish these Divine sayings He disappointeth the devices of the Crafty, He …
    With rule
    … prejudicial to their Interest: and herein they may verify that Scots Proverb, ov'rover fast ov'rover loose, and accomplish these Divine sayings He disappointeth the devices of the Crafty, He …

    Alexander Shields · A Hind Let Loose · p. 275 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    If Prelates ſtill muſt ov'rover our Conſcience ride,
    With rule
    If Prelates ſtill muſt ov'rover our Conſcience ride,

    George Wither · The True Englishmans Complaints · p. 11 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Who doth ov'rover men, a ruling power poſſeſs;
    With rule
    Who doth ov'rover men, a ruling power poſſeſs;

    George Wither · An Epistle at Random in Prose and Meter · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    But to the Peſtilence gave ov'rover
    With rule
    But to the Peſtilence gave ov'rover

    Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    And ov'rover them in't triumpht, and made
    With rule
    And ov'rover them in't triumpht, and made

    John Carstairs · A Song for this Sad Time · p. 28 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined A27810

  • Printed
    8 Ov'rOver heathen God reignes, on his thr one of holinesse sits he:
    With rule
    8 Ov'rOver heathen God reignes, on his thr one of holinesse sits he:

    Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver us rul'd servants, and none doth out of their hand us save.
    With rule
    Ov'rOver us rul'd servants, and none doth out of their hand us save.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader

The Songs of the Old and New Testament in Meter A28926

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver us rul'd servants, and none doth
    With rule
    Ov'rOver us rul'd servants, and none doth

    Zacharie Boyd · The Songs of the Old and New Testament in Meter · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver all your Paſsions; Make her of your Iſle,
    With rule
    Ov'rOver all your Paſsions; Make her of your Iſle,

    George Wither · A Considering Glass · Open in the reader

The Psalms of David in Meter B01589

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver all the kingdomes of the earth
    With rule
    Ov'rOver all the kingdomes of the earth

    Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver the people; the Lord me gave
    With rule
    Ov'rOver the people; the Lord me gave

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver Iſra'l King I made thee for to be,
    With rule
    Ov'rOver Iſra'l King I made thee for to be,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver my people, yet haſt thou ever ſince,
    With rule
    Ov'rOver my people, yet haſt thou ever ſince,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 277 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver our bodies they domination have,
    With rule
    Ov'rOver our bodies they domination have,

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 411 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Ov'rOver Hamans houſe Eſther ſet Mordecai.
    With rule
    Ov'rOver Hamans houſe Eſther ſet Mordecai.

    Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 435 · Open in the reader