Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #39956 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

provok'tprovoked

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

Puritas changed it: 72 times in 51 works
Consistency: 98.6% (72 of 73)
Reach if approved: ~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: provoked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 73 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: provokit (1)
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (72 changes in 51 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 72)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… have fallen into; that hath waſted Conſcience, and rob'd you of your Peace, and provok'tprovoked God to write bitter things againſt you; be ſure to humble your ſelf without …
With rule
… have fallen into; that hath waſted Conſcience, and rob'd you of your Peace, and provok'tprovoked God to write bitter things againſt you; be ſure to humble your ſelf without …
John Shower · Serious Reflections on Time and Eternity · p. 203 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to goe on in your ſinfull wayes, and find me mercifull; but I am provok'tprovoked and you ſhall feele me dreadfull; nothing ſhall prevaile to draw me to any …
With rule
… to goe on in your ſinfull wayes, and find me mercifull; but I am provok'tprovoked and you ſhall feele me dreadfull; nothing ſhall prevaile to draw me to any …
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and importune me to be reconciled, how wonderfull is thy mercy, that notwithſtanding I provok'tprovoked thee hitherto daily to thy face, yet that thou ſhouldeſt follow after me to …
With rule
… and importune me to be reconciled, how wonderfull is thy mercy, that notwithſtanding I provok'tprovoked thee hitherto daily to thy face, yet that thou ſhouldeſt follow after me to …
Thomas White · The Art of Divine Meditation · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do deſtroy the Gods of the wicked, no wonder therefore that they are ſo provok'tprovoked againſt the Saints and people of God.
With rule
… do deſtroy the Gods of the wicked, no wonder therefore that they are ſo provok'tprovoked againſt the Saints and people of God.
William Bridge · Seasonable Truths in Evil Times · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not the more diſhearten'd, but the more exaſperated; not made to deſiſt, but rather provok'tprovoked to go on. When God ſcatters and foils his Adverſaries, they will, if poſſible …
With rule
… not the more diſhearten'd, but the more exaſperated; not made to deſiſt, but rather provok'tprovoked to go on. When God ſcatters and foils his Adverſaries, they will, if poſſible …
Timothy Cruso · Last Three Sermons · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
And unto anger me provok'tprovoked,
With rule
And unto anger me provok'tprovoked,
Arthur Hildersham · The Song of Solomon Paraphrased · p. 142 · Open in the reader
Printed
I have provok'tprovoked thy great and glorious Name,
With rule
I have provok'tprovoked thy great and glorious Name,
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… quarter between man and man: yet not ſo with God: if he be once provok'tprovoked, with him there is terrible and dreadfull Majeſty. Now this is true of Chriſt …
With rule
… quarter between man and man: yet not ſo with God: if he be once provok'tprovoked, with him there is terrible and dreadfull Majeſty. Now this is true of Chriſt …
John Robotham · The Preciousness of Christ Unto Believers · p. 132 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.