Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9725 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

provok'dprovoked

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

Puritas changed it: 305 times in 156 works
Consistency: 96.2% (305 of 317)
Reach if approved: ~333 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: provoked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 317 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (305 changes in 156 works, 96.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 305)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… things can represent Divine. For all the Persons of the Glorious Trinity were equally provok'dprovoked by our Sin; and to obtain our Pardon the Son with the consent of …
With rule
… things can represent Divine. For all the Persons of the Glorious Trinity were equally provok'dprovoked by our Sin; and to obtain our Pardon the Son with the consent of …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Beaſt, yet by approving the Idea, by making the Experiment, by aſſuming the Title, provok'dprovoked and inkindled the Ambition of him, who by the divine Decree had the Permiſſion …
With rule
… Beaſt, yet by approving the Idea, by making the Experiment, by aſſuming the Title, provok'dprovoked and inkindled the Ambition of him, who by the divine Decree had the Permiſſion …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and yet mark how full of Paſſion he was at this time: O this provok'dprovoked the Spirit of Paul, he was not able to bear it. We never read …
With rule
… and yet mark how full of Paſſion he was at this time: O this provok'dprovoked the Spirit of Paul, he was not able to bear it. We never read …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Four Useful Discourses · p. 171 · Open in the reader
Printed
… honour, who ſtands ſo little upon thy comfort. It is no queſtion but Satan provok'dprovoked Job in ſome ſuch manner. He was not wiſe to promote his own ends …
With rule
… honour, who ſtands ſo little upon thy comfort. It is no queſtion but Satan provok'dprovoked Job in ſome ſuch manner. He was not wiſe to promote his own ends …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 1-3 · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thirty ſeven miles diſtant, hindering there his entertainment; which dealing of theirs ſo far provok'dprovoked my ſpirit, (in his behalf) as that I drew their odium upon my ſelf …
With rule
… thirty ſeven miles diſtant, hindering there his entertainment; which dealing of theirs ſo far provok'dprovoked my ſpirit, (in his behalf) as that I drew their odium upon my ſelf …
Ralph Farmer · The Quakers Throne of Truth Satans Seat of Lies · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… school of Christ, and would bee able to hold out, if their Master bee provok'dprovoked to whip them. Wee know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were …
With rule
… school of Christ, and would bee able to hold out, if their Master bee provok'dprovoked to whip them. Wee know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were …
Thomas Hill · Gods Eternal Preparations for His Dying Saints · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thy Children have in many things provok'dprovoked
With rule
Thy Children have in many things provok'dprovoked
Benjamin Keach · Zion in Distress · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an antidote, a buckler against these, but none against the other if it be provok'dprovoked; and if the heats of love take fire and rise into indignation, 'tis unquenchable …
With rule
… an antidote, a buckler against these, but none against the other if it be provok'dprovoked; and if the heats of love take fire and rise into indignation, 'tis unquenchable …
Richard Allestree · Eighteen Sermons · p. 306 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Self-Conflict A31368

Printed
Provok'dProvoked by youth, that which fond youth doth pleaſe
With rule
Provok'dProvoked by youth, that which fond youth doth pleaſe
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 95 · Open in the reader

A Considering Glass A66781

Printed
Provok'dProvoked to ſin, ſhall puniſh one another.
With rule
Provok'dProvoked to ſin, ſhall puniſh one another.
George Wither · A Considering Glass · p. 15 · Open in the reader

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
Provok'dProvoked Hannah, becauſe ſhe was barren:
With rule
Provok'dProvoked Hannah, becauſe ſhe was barren:
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
Provok'dProvoked the LORD yea like moſt foo… fooles,
With rule
Provok'dProvoked the LORD yea like moſt foo… fooles,
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 366 · Open in the reader