Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9697 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

defac'ddefaced

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

Puritas changed it: 101 times in 74 works
Consistency: 98.0% (101 of 103)
Reach if approved: ~108 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: defaced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 103 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (101 changes in 74 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 101)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
And that bright Sun-like knowledge much defac'ddefaced,
With rule
And that bright Sun-like knowledge much defac'ddefaced,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… great reluctancy that we are torn; and whereas these impressions should be weakened and defac'ddefaced by the infusion of other Notions and Principles, and the Soul should be weaned …
With rule
… great reluctancy that we are torn; and whereas these impressions should be weakened and defac'ddefaced by the infusion of other Notions and Principles, and the Soul should be weaned …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
For images defac'ddefaced when Edward ſwaid;
With rule
For images defac'ddefaced when Edward ſwaid;
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us still, what can we look for, but that our Walls should be totally defac'ddefaced, and our Dwellings finally demolish'd? For (as Solomon says of those that are often …
With rule
… us still, what can we look for, but that our Walls should be totally defac'ddefaced, and our Dwellings finally demolish'd? For (as Solomon says of those that are often …
Timothy Cruso · The Mighty Wonders of a Merciful Providence · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the Law firſt made with Adam; for that being by his Fall much defac'ddefaced, nay almoſt quite obliterated (as it was written in his heart), it pleas'd the …
With rule
… of the Law firſt made with Adam; for that being by his Fall much defac'ddefaced, nay almoſt quite obliterated (as it was written in his heart), it pleas'd the …
Thomas Jacombe · Sermons Preached on Romans 8 · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be thou my Witneſs, that though I have violated the Law of God, and defac'ddefaced his Image, and formerly undervalu'd the Love of Chriſt, and the Grace of the …
With rule
… be thou my Witneſs, that though I have violated the Law of God, and defac'ddefaced his Image, and formerly undervalu'd the Love of Chriſt, and the Grace of the …
John Shower · Serious Reflections on Time and Eternity · p. 221 · Open in the reader
Printed
Our natures here are ſometime ſo defac'ddefaced,
With rule
Our natures here are ſometime ſo defac'ddefaced,
Francis Taylor · Grapes from Canaan · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the impreſſions of it upon the mind be by Adams fall exceedingly dimm'd and defac'ddefaced; yet that derogates nothing from the dignity and worth of that Law; which God …
With rule
… the impreſſions of it upon the mind be by Adams fall exceedingly dimm'd and defac'ddefaced; yet that derogates nothing from the dignity and worth of that Law; which God …
Richard Allestree · The Lively Oracles Given to Us · p. 85 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Poems in Two Parts A60349

Printed
Defac'dDefaced the image God had made him in.
With rule
Defac'dDefaced the image God had made him in.
Samuel Slater · Poems in Two Parts · p. 4 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… Adam; form of godliness, righteousness of Man, a glory, a wisdom, to be Crucified, Defac'dDefaced, Obliterated, and done away; a Visage, a Beauty, to be Marr'd and Spoild) in …
With rule
… Adam; form of godliness, righteousness of Man, a glory, a wisdom, to be Crucified, Defac'dDefaced, Obliterated, and done away; a Visage, a Beauty, to be Marr'd and Spoild) in …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 192 · Open in the reader