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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9546 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lessen'dlessened

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

Puritas changed it
75 times in 59 works
Consistency
100% (75 of 75)
Reach if approved
~79 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lessened
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
75 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (75 changes in 59 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 75)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſtooped to become a Creature. Which was more than if the Ocean had been leſſen'dlessened …o a Drop, or the Sun had joined a petty or …im Lamp to …
    With rule
    … ſtooped to become a Creature. Which was more than if the Ocean had been leſſen'dlessened …o a Drop, or the Sun had joined a petty or …im Lamp to …

    Samuel Tomlyns · A Discourse of Christs Second Coming · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Paul could live without it, yet his right and claim to it was not lessen'dlessened thereby, for no Souldier goes to war at his own charges. His design then …
    With rule
    … Paul could live without it, yet his right and claim to it was not lessen'dlessened thereby, for no Souldier goes to war at his own charges. His design then …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Government of the Churches of Christ · p. 325 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Grand Signior with all his Executioners. As remote Objects, though of vast bigness, are lessen'dlessened to our sight; so through the supposed interval of many years, Death is look'd …
    With rule
    … Grand Signior with all his Executioners. As remote Objects, though of vast bigness, are lessen'dlessened to our sight; so through the supposed interval of many years, Death is look'd …

    William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … as the other thing hath goodneſs above him in our thoughts. Thus is God leſſen'dlessened below the Creature, as if he had a mixture of evil in him, and …
    With rule
    … as the other thing hath goodneſs above him in our thoughts. Thus is God leſſen'dlessened below the Creature, as if he had a mixture of evil in him, and …

    Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 667 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … most sober and discerning Men, Mr. Iohnson hath, by this frothy and rude Discourse, lessen'dlessened and exposed himself much more than his Adversary.
    With rule
    … most sober and discerning Men, Mr. Iohnson hath, by this frothy and rude Discourse, lessen'dlessened and exposed himself much more than his Adversary.

    William Hopkins · Animadversions on Johnsons Answer to Jovian · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … their ſeven years Oppreſſion had taught them no better Leſſons, nor had no more leſſen'dlessened their liking to Idols) they ruſh in upon Joaſh (the chief Man, or Magiſtrate …
    With rule
    … their ſeven years Oppreſſion had taught them no better Leſſons, nor had no more leſſen'dlessened their liking to Idols) they ruſh in upon Joaſh (the chief Man, or Magiſtrate …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … what was at firſt delightful, will for Ever be ſo; and not diſdain'd, or leſſen'dlessened by a Continuance; as it happens in this World, from the Emptineſs, Shallowneſs, and …
    With rule
    … what was at firſt delightful, will for Ever be ſo; and not diſdain'd, or leſſen'dlessened by a Continuance; as it happens in this World, from the Emptineſs, Shallowneſs, and …

    John Shower · A New Years Gift · p. 117 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to Dionysius of Rome, that he had gone too far the other way; and lessen'dlessened the Divinity of the Son by his Similitudes; of which he clear'd himself, as …
    With rule
    … to Dionysius of Rome, that he had gone too far the other way; and lessen'dlessened the Divinity of the Son by his Similitudes; of which he clear'd himself, as …

    Edward Stillingfleet · Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity · p. 196 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.