Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #40107 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bewitch'dbewitched

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

Puritas changed it: 62 times in 45 works
Consistency: 89.8% (62 of 69)
Reach if approved: ~72 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bewitched
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 69 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (62 changes in 45 works, 89.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 62)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Becoming churliſh, who bewitch'dbewitched with charmes?
With rule
Becoming churliſh, who bewitch'dbewitched with charmes?
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is often alledged, that the workmans cunning, and beauty of the Image hath bewitch'dbewitched the eye, and drawn the vain beholders to commit Idolatrie; and theſe fair lights …
With rule
… it is often alledged, that the workmans cunning, and beauty of the Image hath bewitch'dbewitched the eye, and drawn the vain beholders to commit Idolatrie; and theſe fair lights …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 334 · Open in the reader
Printed
… called Megaſac, which they ſtick up in their Chambers, to keep them from being bewitch'dbewitched. A delicate ſort of Horminum, with ſmall woolly and diſſected leaves, a Garden-Cypreſs …
With rule
… called Megaſac, which they ſtick up in their Chambers, to keep them from being bewitch'dbewitched. A delicate ſort of Horminum, with ſmall woolly and diſſected leaves, a Garden-Cypreſs …
John Ray · A Collection of Curious Travels and Voyages · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and violent an Argument can make no impreſſion upon us, we are ſtupid and bewitch'dbewitched, we are loſt and undone, we are wretched and miſerable for ever.
With rule
… and violent an Argument can make no impreſſion upon us, we are ſtupid and bewitch'dbewitched, we are loſt and undone, we are wretched and miſerable for ever.
John Tillotson · Sermons and Discourses Volume 4 · p. 281 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sure they'r bewitch'dbewitched who think us Engliſh men
With rule
Sure they'r bewitch'dbewitched who think us Engliſh men
George Wither · The True Englishmans Complaints · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome reſponſe from his Oracle, that foreign, that wizard fleſh within us, that hath thus bewitch'dbewitched us to its falſe pleaſures firſt, and then its fallacious hopes, the fatall'ſt, horrid'ſt …
With rule
… ſome reſponſe from his Oracle, that foreign, that wizard fleſh within us, that hath thus bewitch'dbewitched us to its falſe pleaſures firſt, and then its fallacious hopes, the fatall'ſt, horrid'ſt …
Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 506 · Open in the reader
Printed
Had ſo bewitch'dbewitched the common-people, then,
With rule
Had ſo bewitch'dbewitched the common-people, then,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Youth's Mother apprehended, that Mr. Staddon drop'd some such words that her Son was bewitch'dbewitched or possess'd, or somewhat to that purpose, who went through a Course of Physick …
With rule
… Youth's Mother apprehended, that Mr. Staddon drop'd some such words that her Son was bewitch'dbewitched or possess'd, or somewhat to that purpose, who went through a Course of Physick …
Richard Baxter · The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits and Immortality of the Soul · p. 51 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 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.

The World Bewitched A27337

Printed
THE World Bewitch'dBewitched, &c.
With rule
THE World Bewitch'dBewitched, &c.
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
THE World Bewitch'dBewitched; OR, An Examination of the Common Opinions CONCERNING SPIRITS: Their Nature, Power, Adminiſtration, and …
With rule
THE World Bewitch'dBewitched; OR, An Examination of the Common Opinions CONCERNING SPIRITS: Their Nature, Power, Adminiſtration, and …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
… before him. I have dedicated to them the two first. Books of the World Bewitch'dBewitched, and amongst all my Friends, whoſe Names I intend to prefix to each part …
With rule
… before him. I have dedicated to them the two first. Books of the World Bewitch'dBewitched, and amongst all my Friends, whoſe Names I intend to prefix to each part …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
… been properly my deſign in theſe four Books, that I have Intituled, The World Bewitch'dBewitched, nor to ſhew what foundation I built upon, and what way I take to …
With rule
… been properly my deſign in theſe four Books, that I have Intituled, The World Bewitch'dBewitched, nor to ſhew what foundation I built upon, and what way I take to …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · Open in the reader
Printed
THE World Bewitch'dBewitched.
With rule
THE World Bewitch'dBewitched.
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… of, or chang back again, from. This turns them into a Mystical Sodom. As Bewitch'dBewitched with their Holy Flesh, a Glory to be done away; they Recant, fly back …
With rule
… of, or chang back again, from. This turns them into a Mystical Sodom. As Bewitch'dBewitched with their Holy Flesh, a Glory to be done away; they Recant, fly back …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 129 · Open in the reader