Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9753 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

possess'dpossessed

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

Puritas changed it: 393 times in 210 works
Consistency: 96.8% (393 of 406)
Reach if approved: ~427 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: possessed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 406 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (393 changes in 210 works, 96.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 393)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… bold to promiſe to Your Grace to make you acknowledge that you have been poſſeſs'dpossessed with Calumnies againſt us, that both the Tenets of the Roman Church, and Ours …
With rule
… bold to promiſe to Your Grace to make you acknowledge that you have been poſſeſs'dpossessed with Calumnies againſt us, that both the Tenets of the Roman Church, and Ours …
Peter du Moulin Jr · Chief Points in Controversy Between the Reformed Churches and Rome · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saviour by felling him a crack'd title, but shews his evidence, how he came possess'dpossessed of the same: All these things are delivered unto me.
With rule
… Saviour by felling him a crack'd title, but shews his evidence, how he came possess'dpossessed of the same: All these things are delivered unto me.
Thomas Fuller · Commentary on Matthew 4:1-11 · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
And he that wan a ſmile poſſeſſ'dpossessed a mine,
With rule
And he that wan a ſmile poſſeſſ'dpossessed a mine,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of our own Miseries, and an assurance of thy Mercies; let us not be possess'dpossessed with over much fear, but that with a holy confidence of thy goodness, we …
With rule
… of our own Miseries, and an assurance of thy Mercies; let us not be possess'dpossessed with over much fear, but that with a holy confidence of thy goodness, we …
Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Prayer · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… delay, that he might not be consum'd. O that this Angelical Zeal and Compassion possess'dpossessed the breasts of Christians.
With rule
… delay, that he might not be consum'd. O that this Angelical Zeal and Compassion possess'dpossessed the breasts of Christians.
William Bates · Spiritual Perfection Unfolded and Enforced from 2 Corinthians 7:1 · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
She late poſſeſs'dpossessed. A Pope-ſent Bull commands
With rule
She late poſſeſs'dpossessed. A Pope-ſent Bull commands
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were conſtrained by neceſſity to return into the world again, that the Monaſteries were poſſeſs'dpossessed by Lay-Abbots who lived therein with their Wives, Children, Soldiers and Dogs; that …
With rule
… were conſtrained by neceſſity to return into the world again, that the Monaſteries were poſſeſs'dpossessed by Lay-Abbots who lived therein with their Wives, Children, Soldiers and Dogs; that …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… can help him. A Spirit of ſlaviſh fear, which all awakened Sinners are naturally poſſeſs'dpossessed with till God ſhew them his Salvation, tends rather to plunge Men headlong into …
With rule
… can help him. A Spirit of ſlaviſh fear, which all awakened Sinners are naturally poſſeſs'dpossessed with till God ſhew them his Salvation, tends rather to plunge Men headlong into …
Timothy Cruso · Twenty-Four Sermons · p. 44 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

7 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.

Forty Sermons A23717

Printed
… the men that will not be persuaded to believe. In these foreign they are his foreign, Possess'dPossessed and agitated by him: 'tis he spirits what they do: their actions are his …
With rule
… the men that will not be persuaded to believe. In these foreign they are his foreign, Possess'dPossessed and agitated by him: 'tis he spirits what they do: their actions are his …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · p. 167 · Open in the reader

The Orphans Legacy A42922

Printed
R. D. Seiſed in Fee of a Houſe, and Poſſeſs'dPossessed of Goods, made his Will in theſe words, viz. The reſt of my Goods …
With rule
R. D. Seiſed in Fee of a Houſe, and Poſſeſs'dPossessed of Goods, made his Will in theſe words, viz. The reſt of my Goods …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 256 · Open in the reader

The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God A61474

Printed
2. The Nature of Sin. We read no where of Mary Magdalen, that she was Possess'dPossessed according to the common acceptation of that word. We read, that she was a …
With rule
2. The Nature of Sin. We read no where of Mary Magdalen, that she was Possess'dPossessed according to the common acceptation of that word. We read, that she was a …
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… God. They that say, Adam should have held fast that Righteous Life he was Possess'dPossessed of, by Creation; kept where he was (as Job, once, through a great mistake …
With rule
… God. They that say, Adam should have held fast that Righteous Life he was Possess'dPossessed of, by Creation; kept where he was (as Job, once, through a great mistake …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 61 · Open in the reader
Printed
… defiance to this seemingly Bug-bear Doctrin of the Cross, upon all they are Possess'dPossessed of, and trust in. They decry it, as the highest Blasphemy and Folly, Imaginable …
With rule
… defiance to this seemingly Bug-bear Doctrin of the Cross, upon all they are Possess'dPossessed of, and trust in. They decry it, as the highest Blasphemy and Folly, Imaginable …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the fullness of the Godhead dwell's bodily, in the Man, Christ; Col. 2. 9. He is Possess'dPossessed of all divine and creature-fullness, in absolute perfection. These twofold fullnesses make up …
With rule
… the fullness of the Godhead dwell's bodily, in the Man, Christ; Col. 2. 9. He is Possess'dPossessed of all divine and creature-fullness, in absolute perfection. These twofold fullnesses make up …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 160 · Open in the reader

Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire B23054

Printed
Possess'dPossessed at once with fear and wonder;
With rule
Possess'dPossessed at once with fear and wonder;
Simon Ford · Three Poems Related to the Destruction of London by Fire · p. 16 · Open in the reader