Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9479 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

compos'dcomposed

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

Puritas changed it: 282 times in 183 works
Consistency: 89.8% (282 of 314)
Reach if approved: ~330 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: composed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 314 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (282 changes in 183 works, 89.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 282)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… certain that David's Psalmes, which were ordinarily used in the Temple, though they were compos'dcomposed, yet they were not sung by an extraordinary Spirit. For when the Levites, Christ …
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… certain that David's Psalmes, which were ordinarily used in the Temple, though they were compos'dcomposed, yet they were not sung by an extraordinary Spirit. For when the Levites, Christ …
Thomas Ford · Singing the Psalms the Duty of Christians · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… surrendred unto each Region of the World those Elements and Principles, whereof it was compos'dcomposed, and hath not so much as Dust and Cinders left to testifie that Being …
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… surrendred unto each Region of the World those Elements and Principles, whereof it was compos'dcomposed, and hath not so much as Dust and Cinders left to testifie that Being …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 438 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prophesies of sorrowes, who was, (as the Prophet calls him) Vir dolorum, A man compos'dcomposed, and elemented of sorrowes, our Lord and Sauiour Christ Iesus; For, They platted a …
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… Prophesies of sorrowes, who was, (as the Prophet calls him) Vir dolorum, A man compos'dcomposed, and elemented of sorrowes, our Lord and Sauiour Christ Iesus; For, They platted a …
John Donne · Sermon of Commemoration of the Lady Danvers Late Wife · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
In dainty order, and compos'dcomposed
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In dainty order, and compos'dcomposed
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Life. This secures Obedience. Christ has fasten'd us to his Service by a Chain compos'dcomposed of his most precious Benefits: by the pardon of our innumerable sins, and to …
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… Life. This secures Obedience. Christ has fasten'd us to his Service by a Chain compos'dcomposed of his most precious Benefits: by the pardon of our innumerable sins, and to …
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which is not far from the Apoſtles meaning) becauſe as his Soul is rightly compos'dcomposed, and not Clouded with dark and black paſſion, ſo he hath no Temptation to …
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… which is not far from the Apoſtles meaning) becauſe as his Soul is rightly compos'dcomposed, and not Clouded with dark and black paſſion, ſo he hath no Temptation to …
Thomas Beverley · The Principle of Protestant Truth and Peace · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… compoſitum in Eccleſia pſallatur, Beſides the Pſalms of the Old Teſtament, let nothing Poetically compos'dcomposed be ſung in the Church.
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… compoſitum in Eccleſia pſallatur, Beſides the Pſalms of the Old Teſtament, let nothing Poetically compos'dcomposed be ſung in the Church.
David Clarkson · A Discourse Concerning Liturgies · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Affections; theſe are as hard to be regulated, as our Thought are to be compos'dcomposed. They will boyl over, when they ſhould be kept in, and when they ought …
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… Affections; theſe are as hard to be regulated, as our Thought are to be compos'dcomposed. They will boyl over, when they ſhould be kept in, and when they ought …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 147 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (32)

14 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
Compos'dComposed to muſicke by that holy man,
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Compos'dComposed to muſicke by that holy man,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Compos'dComposed of clods; which neere some Common-side
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Compos'dComposed of clods; which neere some Common-side
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
Compos'dComposed of Cli…bings, and Adnominations;
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Compos'dComposed of Cli…bings, and Adnominations;
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 A26810

Printed
… that ravish the Carnal Senses. Such was the Soveraignty of his Faith, that it Compos'dComposed the unruly passions and kept them in Obedience.
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… that ravish the Carnal Senses. Such was the Soveraignty of his Faith, that it Compos'dComposed the unruly passions and kept them in Obedience.
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 130 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

Printed
Page 4…. line 6. for were read we. p. 46. l. 28. point thus, Compos'dComposed, are; The▪ p. 50 l. 40. r. Beſtianiſm. p. 64. l. 30. r. ſlay. p. 66. l. 26. r. foreign.
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Page 4…. line 6. for were read we. p. 46. l. 28. point thus, Compos'dComposed, are; The▪ p. 50 l. 40. r. Beſtianiſm. p. 64. l. 30. r. ſlay. p. 66. l. 26. r. foreign.
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · Open in the reader

Abstract of Logic A30233

Printed
Ax. 4. Compos'dComposed, ſuch as are underſtood by two or more Notions, by an Affirmation or Negation …
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Ax. 4. Compos'dComposed, ſuch as are underſtood by two or more Notions, by an Affirmation or Negation …
Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ax. 9. A Compos'dComposed Enunciation is then eſteem'd to be Denying, when the Negation coheres with the Ligament …
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Ax. 9. A Compos'dComposed Enunciation is then eſteem'd to be Denying, when the Negation coheres with the Ligament …
Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Dividend refuſes a Dichotomy, or Bimembrous Diviſion. The Diviſion of Whole, Defin'd and Compos'dComposed, muſt always be bimember'd. Diviſion of Genus, the fewer the better; but it cannot …
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… the Dividend refuſes a Dichotomy, or Bimembrous Diviſion. The Diviſion of Whole, Defin'd and Compos'dComposed, muſt always be bimember'd. Diviſion of Genus, the fewer the better; but it cannot …
Franco Burgersdijck · Abstract of Logic · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Harmony Between the Old and Present Non-Conformists A48863

Printed
… words, &c. All which is againſt the uſe of all free Prayer, or Prayers Compos'dComposed by the Miniſter himſelf, for which reaſon many are of an opinion, that the …
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… words, &c. All which is againſt the uſe of all free Prayer, or Prayers Compos'dComposed by the Miniſter himſelf, for which reaſon many are of an opinion, that the …
Stephen Lobb · The Harmony Between the Old and Present Non-Conformists · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is a ſufficient demonſtration, that praying extempore, or the publique uſe of a prayer Compos'dComposed by a Miniſter in private, is neither unlawfull nor inexpedient, and that the Arguments …
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… is a ſufficient demonſtration, that praying extempore, or the publique uſe of a prayer Compos'dComposed by a Miniſter in private, is neither unlawfull nor inexpedient, and that the Arguments …
Stephen Lobb · The Harmony Between the Old and Present Non-Conformists · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prayer, which has been with the greateſt deliberation of the Fathers of the Church Compos'dComposed. I reply,
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… Prayer, which has been with the greateſt deliberation of the Fathers of the Church Compos'dComposed. I reply,
Stephen Lobb · The Harmony Between the Old and Present Non-Conformists · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Divine Poems A66751

Printed
Compos'dComposed of ſuch eſſential parts to be,
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Compos'dComposed of ſuch eſſential parts to be,
George Wither · Divine Poems · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
Compos'dComposed of all, which th' vniverſal Frame
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Compos'dComposed of all, which th' vniverſal Frame
George Wither · Divine Poems · p. 101 · Open in the reader

A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings A66772

Printed
Compoſ'dComposed and hither ſent, would be no more
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Compoſ'dComposed and hither ſent, would be no more
George Wither · A Proclamation in the Name of the King of Kings · p. 59 · Open in the reader