Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9640 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

incens'dincensed

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

Puritas changed it: 86 times in 63 works
Consistency: 93.4% (86 of 92)
Reach if approved: ~97 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: incensed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 92 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (86 changes in 63 works, 93.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 86)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Caphar, which ſignifies to pacify, appeaſe, or aſſuage the anger of one that is incens'dincensed; ſo its taken Gen. 32.20. I will (ſaith Jacob concerning his brother Eſau) appeaſe him …
With rule
… Caphar, which ſignifies to pacify, appeaſe, or aſſuage the anger of one that is incens'dincensed; ſo its taken Gen. 32.20. I will (ſaith Jacob concerning his brother Eſau) appeaſe him …
Thomas Jacombe · Sermons Preached on Romans 8 · p. 494 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of May laſt, and deliver'd to us by Thomas Maynard, that your Majeſty juſtly incens'dincensed at the horridneſs of the Fact, has Commanded inquiry to be made after the …
With rule
… of May laſt, and deliver'd to us by Thomas Maynard, that your Majeſty juſtly incens'dincensed at the horridneſs of the Fact, has Commanded inquiry to be made after the …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 213 · Open in the reader
Printed
Presenting their requests all incens'dincensed, and
With rule
Presenting their requests all incens'dincensed, and
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that can be said to convince them, will but enrage them, and they are incens'dincensed against such suggestion. When Elisha told Hazael of his Barbarous and bloody Heart, he …
With rule
… that can be said to convince them, will but enrage them, and they are incens'dincensed against such suggestion. When Elisha told Hazael of his Barbarous and bloody Heart, he …
Samuel Hardy · A Second Guide to Heaven · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Croſs, the grand Peace-maker, ſtretching forth his Arms, and pacifying his Father juſtly incens'dincensed againſt Sinners. O what an amorous far-ſpreading Wood-Bind was our Lord! Stretching …
With rule
… Croſs, the grand Peace-maker, ſtretching forth his Arms, and pacifying his Father juſtly incens'dincensed againſt Sinners. O what an amorous far-ſpreading Wood-Bind was our Lord! Stretching …
Edward Manning · The Grove of Beatitudes · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
And when the Prince, incens'dincensed with angers fire,
With rule
And when the Prince, incens'dincensed with angers fire,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gain: the voluptuous Mind is strongly allur'd by sensual Delights: the aspiring Mind is incens'dincensed by the prospect of Honour. Now tho the Tempter be a Spirit, and not …
With rule
… Gain: the voluptuous Mind is strongly allur'd by sensual Delights: the aspiring Mind is incens'dincensed by the prospect of Honour. Now tho the Tempter be a Spirit, and not …
William Bates · Sermons Preached on Several Occasions · p. 256 · Open in the reader
Printed
… went away home. And it ſeems the Kings of Judah and Edom were greatly incens'dincensed againſt the King of Iſrael, becauſe his wrath againſt Moab had given occaſion to …
With rule
… went away home. And it ſeems the Kings of Judah and Edom were greatly incens'dincensed againſt the King of Iſrael, becauſe his wrath againſt Moab had given occaſion to …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 551 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

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

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… to Divine Direction, and his Prudence to pull down Naaman's is not humour'd, therefore Incens'dIncensed: Thus carnal Minds are Mad in matters of Salvation, deſpiſing the fooliſhneſs of Preaching …
With rule
… to Divine Direction, and his Prudence to pull down Naaman's is not humour'd, therefore Incens'dIncensed: Thus carnal Minds are Mad in matters of Salvation, deſpiſing the fooliſhneſs of Preaching …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 539 · Open in the reader