Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9701 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

distemper'ddistempered

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

Puritas changed it: 158 times in 117 works
Consistency: 92.9% (158 of 170)
Reach if approved: ~179 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: distempered
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 170 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (158 changes in 117 works, 92.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 158)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… We ordinarily mistake his justice, and judge of it according to our own precipitant distemper'ddistempered minds. If wicked Men be not cross'd in their designes, and their wickedness evidently …
With rule
… We ordinarily mistake his justice, and judge of it according to our own precipitant distemper'ddistempered minds. If wicked Men be not cross'd in their designes, and their wickedness evidently …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 435 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. Eſpecially King Saul, whoſe Brain had been diſtemper'ddistempered with his Fits.
With rule
3. Eſpecially King Saul, whoſe Brain had been diſtemper'ddistempered with his Fits.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 277 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of them will relish. I can scarce think Nature has produced any thing so distemper'ddistempered; but men take up general and implicite prejudices, and will look on Books in …
With rule
… of them will relish. I can scarce think Nature has produced any thing so distemper'ddistempered; but men take up general and implicite prejudices, and will look on Books in …
Richard Allestree · The Gentlemans Calling · p. 112 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Murder, and therefore secure from the Sentence of the Law. For his Understanding being distemper'ddistempered by the disorder of the images in his Fancy, it doth not judg aright …
With rule
… Murder, and therefore secure from the Sentence of the Law. For his Understanding being distemper'ddistempered by the disorder of the images in his Fancy, it doth not judg aright …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but for all this, people are in a hurly-burly, and their ſpirits are diſtemper'ddistempered, and they are wringing their hands, and crying, they cannot know that God is …
With rule
… but for all this, people are in a hurly-burly, and their ſpirits are diſtemper'ddistempered, and they are wringing their hands, and crying, they cannot know that God is …
Jeremiah Burroughs · The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment · p. 322 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wearled even unto rage or fainting. Here Elipphaz ſeemes to hint at Jobs former diſtemper'ddistempered ſpeeches. If we ſpeak, wilt thou promiſe us not to fall into ſuch a …
With rule
… wearled even unto rage or fainting. Here Elipphaz ſeemes to hint at Jobs former diſtemper'ddistempered ſpeeches. If we ſpeak, wilt thou promiſe us not to fall into ſuch a …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he dangerouſly diſcompoſeth and diſtracts our Counſels and Reſolves. If any have a Spirit diſtemper'ddistempered, only under the apprehenſions of Wrath, 'tis eaſie for him to confound and amaze …
With rule
… he dangerouſly diſcompoſeth and diſtracts our Counſels and Reſolves. If any have a Spirit diſtemper'ddistempered, only under the apprehenſions of Wrath, 'tis eaſie for him to confound and amaze …
Richard Gilpin · Satans Temptations in Three Parts · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
In another we have proper Antidotes for the diſtemper'ddistempered Mind; and what a wonderful Charity is this, that can repair the breaches of …
With rule
In another we have proper Antidotes for the diſtemper'ddistempered Mind; and what a wonderful Charity is this, that can repair the breaches of …
John Hartcliffe · Sermon Preached 11 April 1694 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

6 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
Distemper'dDistempered Fa…cy; I dare boldly say,
With rule
Distemper'dDistempered Fa…cy; I dare boldly say,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age A32323

Printed
Diſtemper'dDistempered, or more ſtuborne ſelfe, by much,
With rule
Diſtemper'dDistempered, or more ſtuborne ſelfe, by much,
Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
Diſtemper'dDistempered people, deſtitute of ſhame,
With rule
Diſtemper'dDistempered people, deſtitute of ſhame,
Edward Calver · Passion and Discretion in Youth and Age · p. 101 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… us when we are Healthful, or as Medicine to Cure us when we are Diſtemper'dDistempered, or as a Garment to Cloath us when we are Naked, and Arm us …
With rule
… us when we are Healthful, or as Medicine to Cure us when we are Diſtemper'dDistempered, or as a Garment to Cloath us when we are Naked, and Arm us …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 609 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… ariſe from it. All the ſweet-meats in the world are nothing to a Diſtemper'dDistempered Palate.
With rule
… ariſe from it. All the ſweet-meats in the world are nothing to a Diſtemper'dDistempered Palate.
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 220 · Open in the reader

The Sinners Last Sentence A62053

Printed
… they turn'd haters of God and Holineſs, of their own accord they forſook Heaven. Diſtemper'dDistempered Palats cannot relliſh the choiceſt Dainties. How can the wicked delight in God (which …
With rule
… they turn'd haters of God and Holineſs, of their own accord they forſook Heaven. Diſtemper'dDistempered Palats cannot relliſh the choiceſt Dainties. How can the wicked delight in God (which …
George Swinnock · The Sinners Last Sentence · p. 37 · Open in the reader