Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9538 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

conceal'dconcealed

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

Puritas changed it: 278 times in 184 works
Consistency: 96.5% (278 of 288)
Reach if approved: ~304 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: concealed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 289 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (278 changes in 184 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 278)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… had ſeen; St. Matthew ſupplies why they told of nothing, and how long they conceal'dconcealed the matter. As they came down from the Mountain, Jeſus charged them ſaying, tell …
With rule
… had ſeen; St. Matthew ſupplies why they told of nothing, and how long they conceal'dconcealed the matter. As they came down from the Mountain, Jeſus charged them ſaying, tell …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 470 · Open in the reader
Printed
For, Truth conceal'dconcealed, or ſpoke, on either ſide,
With rule
For, Truth conceal'dconcealed, or ſpoke, on either ſide,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can giue this Teſtimonie, That of thoſe perſons who haue ſent in Moneyes, and conceal'dconcealed their Names, the greateſt part, almoſt all, haue limitted their Deuotion and Contribution vpon …
With rule
… can giue this Teſtimonie, That of thoſe perſons who haue ſent in Moneyes, and conceal'dconcealed their Names, the greateſt part, almoſt all, haue limitted their Deuotion and Contribution vpon …
John Donne · Five Sermons 1 · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reverence it. But there are other Dispensations, the immediate Reasons of which are so conceal'dconcealed in the Bosom of God, that only the Lamb with whose Blood the Elect …
With rule
… reverence it. But there are other Dispensations, the immediate Reasons of which are so conceal'dconcealed in the Bosom of God, that only the Lamb with whose Blood the Elect …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 294 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prieſt, that Offered Sacrifice, though that part of his Office for as great Reaſons conceal'dconcealed, as his Genealogy, and onely his Bleſſing in the Name of God recorded.
With rule
… Prieſt, that Offered Sacrifice, though that part of his Office for as great Reaſons conceal'dconcealed, as his Genealogy, and onely his Bleſſing in the Name of God recorded.
Thomas Beverley · A Disquisition Upon our Saviors Sanction of Tithes · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
The more thou ſeekſt, the more tis here conceal'dconcealed.
With rule
The more thou ſeekſt, the more tis here conceal'dconcealed.
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the account of Secrecy, tho 'tis like afterwards, in convenient time, those things so conceal'dconcealed are discovered.
With rule
… the account of Secrecy, tho 'tis like afterwards, in convenient time, those things so conceal'dconcealed are discovered.
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Shop to cheapen the worth of those merchandise as are therein kept secret and conceal'dconcealed. And so surely all discreet and grave men will have the highest esteem, and …
With rule
… Shop to cheapen the worth of those merchandise as are therein kept secret and conceal'dconcealed. And so surely all discreet and grave men will have the highest esteem, and …
Thomas Fuller · Two Sermons · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

4 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.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Conceal'dConcealed before. Yea, many times he suites
With rule
Conceal'dConcealed before. Yea, many times he suites
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 43 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… ſevereſt frowns. What need any trouble themſelves, if none knows their Crimes but themſelves? Conceal'dConcealed Sins, gnawing the Conſcience, are Arguments of Gods Omniſcience of all preſent and paſt …
With rule
… ſevereſt frowns. What need any trouble themſelves, if none knows their Crimes but themſelves? Conceal'dConcealed Sins, gnawing the Conſcience, are Arguments of Gods Omniſcience of all preſent and paſt …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 313 · Open in the reader

Defense of Scripture Ordination A53662

Printed
… his Title looks a little Modeſt, but a Man of Aſſurance cannot be long Conceal'dConcealed under a Vizard, for in the very next Words he calls his Argument a …
With rule
… his Title looks a little Modeſt, but a Man of Aſſurance cannot be long Conceal'dConcealed under a Vizard, for in the very next Words he calls his Argument a …
James Owen · Defense of Scripture Ordination · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
Conceal'dConcealed events) haſt oft ſo blinded been
With rule
Conceal'dConcealed events) haſt oft ſo blinded been
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 20 · Open in the reader