Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9429 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

own'downed

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

Puritas changed it: 571 times in 323 works
Consistency: 98.1% (571 of 582)
Reach if approved: ~612 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: owned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 582 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (571 changes in 323 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 571)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Who own'downed him King, believ'd in him,
With rule
Who own'downed him King, believ'd in him,
Hercules Collins · The Marrow of Gospel History · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and States-men, as ever were in England, who gave them great Encomiums, and own'downed them as Brethren.
With rule
… and States-men, as ever were in England, who gave them great Encomiums, and own'downed them as Brethren.
Thomas De Laune · Compulsion of Conscience Condemned · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be (as I strongly suspect it is) that we must not expect to be own'downed by Christ, except we give up Infants Baptism; then I say it is the …
With rule
… be (as I strongly suspect it is) that we must not expect to be own'downed by Christ, except we give up Infants Baptism; then I say it is the …
John Flavel · Reply to Philip Cary · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the broad world, to shift for it selfe, as fearing it would not be own'downed: for it taxeth many vices; specially the Blacke Euell, secret Theeuery, and the White …
With rule
… the broad world, to shift for it selfe, as fearing it would not be own'downed: for it taxeth many vices; specially the Blacke Euell, secret Theeuery, and the White …
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · Open in the reader
Printed
… put: such as should a Heathen observe, he would little suspect them to be own'downed by us as the rule of our Religion, and could never think they were …
With rule
… put: such as should a Heathen observe, he would little suspect them to be own'downed by us as the rule of our Religion, and could never think they were …
Richard Allestree · The Government of the Tongue · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Members: for although he was the Son of God by his marvelous Conception, and own'downed by him while he perform'd his Ministry upon the Earth; yet all the Testimonies …
With rule
… Members: for although he was the Son of God by his marvelous Conception, and own'downed by him while he perform'd his Ministry upon the Earth; yet all the Testimonies …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 457 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by God of a Christian Empire, to remonſtrate this Victory in an Empire then own'downed, as the Ʋniverſal Empire of the World, and where Heatheniſm had ſeem'd to Triumph …
With rule
… by God of a Christian Empire, to remonſtrate this Victory in an Empire then own'downed, as the Ʋniverſal Empire of the World, and where Heatheniſm had ſeem'd to Triumph …
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
The which Elimelech our Brother own'downed:
With rule
The which Elimelech our Brother own'downed:
John Bunyan · Scriptural Poems · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Life and Death of Philip Henry A26780

Printed
… Church, than a Faction within it, &c. This was at that time Publish'd and Own'dOwned, as the Sense of the Clergy in Convocation. Which Temper and Resolve, so contrary …
With rule
… Church, than a Faction within it, &c. This was at that time Publish'd and Own'dOwned, as the Sense of the Clergy in Convocation. Which Temper and Resolve, so contrary …
Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
Own'dOwned by all Nations, Pag. 582
With rule
Own'dOwned by all Nations, Pag. 582
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader
Printed
Own'dOwned to be ſo both by Heathens and Hereticks, ibid.
With rule
Own'dOwned to be ſo both by Heathens and Hereticks, ibid.
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader
Printed
Own'dOwned by all, Pag. 274, 275
With rule
Own'dOwned by all, Pag. 274, 275
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
Own'dOwned vertue as his chiefest prize;
With rule
Own'dOwned vertue as his chiefest prize;
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 409 · Open in the reader