Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9526 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prevail'dprevailed

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

Puritas changed it: 466 times in 288 works
Consistency: 98.7% (466 of 472)
Reach if approved: ~496 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prevailed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 472 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (466 changes in 288 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 466)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… David was in a way of ſin; That his choller had got up and prevail'dprevailed againſt him, and he was …out a very wicked act, to avenge himſelf, …d …
With rule
… David was in a way of ſin; That his choller had got up and prevail'dprevailed againſt him, and he was …out a very wicked act, to avenge himſelf, …d …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Difference Between the Spots of the Godly and of the Wicked · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… praying, never to be ſilent, till they have prayed them to death, that is, prevail'dprevailed with the Lord to execute upon them the judgment written.
With rule
… praying, never to be ſilent, till they have prayed them to death, that is, prevail'dprevailed with the Lord to execute upon them the judgment written.
John Canne · the Time of Finding · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
How …orrow thriv'd, how Death prevail'dprevailed;
With rule
How …orrow thriv'd, how Death prevail'dprevailed;
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader
Printed
… to is Want of Imployment: and in order to this, he hath so far prevail'dprevailed on the opinions of the world, that they believe some states of men not …
With rule
… to is Want of Imployment: and in order to this, he hath so far prevail'dprevailed on the opinions of the world, that they believe some states of men not …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 17 November 1667 · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… first taught among the Grecians the doctrine of the Souls Immortality, his discourse so prevail'dprevailed on Pythagoras of Samos, that it chang'd him from an Athleta into a Philosopher …
With rule
… first taught among the Grecians the doctrine of the Souls Immortality, his discourse so prevail'dprevailed on Pythagoras of Samos, that it chang'd him from an Athleta into a Philosopher …
William Bates · The Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul · p. 271 · Open in the reader
Printed
XC. I do admire, that never any one of them would be prevail'dprevailed wi… to prove the Canons Excommunications ipso facto lawful, when even Papists have scorn'd …
With rule
XC. I do admire, that never any one of them would be prevail'dprevailed wi… to prove the Canons Excommunications ipso facto lawful, when even Papists have scorn'd …
Richard Baxter · The Dangerous Schismatic · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… won upon the world to an univerſal Converſion to it; That it hath not prevail'dprevailed upon Chriſtians themſelves, to higher degrees of Religious and Holy Affections and Actions; That …
With rule
… won upon the world to an univerſal Converſion to it; That it hath not prevail'dprevailed upon Chriſtians themſelves, to higher degrees of Religious and Holy Affections and Actions; That …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
Lastly, Upon the easiest intreaty he will be prevail'dprevailed upon to do great things, Jer. 33.3. Call upon me, and I will shew you …
With rule
Lastly, Upon the easiest intreaty he will be prevail'dprevailed upon to do great things, Jer. 33.3. Call upon me, and I will shew you …
Nicholas Blakie · Trials and Triumphs that Accompany the Work of God · p. 133 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich A26760

Printed
Prevail'dPrevailed with her, to take her off;
With rule
Prevail'dPrevailed with her, to take her off;
John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Prevail'dPrevailed; they then, to help the innocent,
With rule
Prevail'dPrevailed; they then, to help the innocent,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 47 · Open in the reader