Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9816 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kill'dkilled

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

Puritas changed it: 1,111 times in 466 works
Consistency: 95.5% (1,111 of 1,163)
Reach if approved: ~1,223 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: killed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,164 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,111 changes in 466 works, 95.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,111)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Wars proceeding nearer home, in the end of Iune 1666. in the which many were kill'dkilled on both sides, and the D. of York so near the danger, as that …
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… Wars proceeding nearer home, in the end of Iune 1666. in the which many were kill'dkilled on both sides, and the D. of York so near the danger, as that …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 16 · Open in the reader
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… warres: true, but he kill'dkilled Calisthenes. Hee ouercame the great Darius: so, but he kill'dkilled Calisthenes. Hee made himselfe master of the world: grant it, but still hee killed …
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… warres: true, but he kill'dkilled Calisthenes. Hee ouercame the great Darius: so, but he kill'dkilled Calisthenes. Hee made himselfe master of the world: grant it, but still hee killed …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him forth, as if he would tell the beholders, That is the man that kill'dkilled my maſter. All this a Dog will do, and more then this (though this …
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… him forth, as if he would tell the beholders, That is the man that kill'dkilled my maſter. All this a Dog will do, and more then this (though this …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 5 · Open in the reader
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One woman at one blow, then kill'dkilled vs all,
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One woman at one blow, then kill'dkilled vs all,
John Donne · An Anatomy of the World · Open in the reader
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… ſuch thoughts as theſe ſhould not be diſputed withal, muchleſſe allowed, but expelled or kill'dkilled: if but ſuch thoughts as theſe be ſuffered and allowed within, they will make …
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… ſuch thoughts as theſe ſhould not be diſputed withal, muchleſſe allowed, but expelled or kill'dkilled: if but ſuch thoughts as theſe be ſuffered and allowed within, they will make …
John Angel · The Right Government of Thoughts · p. 93 · Open in the reader
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… When Mithridates the King of Pontus, a fierce implacable Enemy of the Romans was kill'dkilled, their Joy was exuberant in Sacrifices and Feasts, esteeming that an Army of Enemies …
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… When Mithridates the King of Pontus, a fierce implacable Enemy of the Romans was kill'dkilled, their Joy was exuberant in Sacrifices and Feasts, esteeming that an Army of Enemies …
William Bates · A Sure Trial of Uprightness · p. 96 · Open in the reader
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… Foreigner that hath no Power over them Excommunicate them); or that they may be kill'dkilled as Tyrants; or that the Pope or any other, have Power to depose them …
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… Foreigner that hath no Power over them Excommunicate them); or that they may be kill'dkilled as Tyrants; or that the Pope or any other, have Power to depose them …
Richard Baxter · Church Concord · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And all this is but as Chriſt foretold us, that his Servants ſhould be kill'dkilled as a piece of Service to God. No wonder if ſuch men offer God …
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… And all this is but as Chriſt foretold us, that his Servants ſhould be kill'dkilled as a piece of Service to God. No wonder if ſuch men offer God …
Richard Baxter · How to Do Good to Many · p. 7 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (52)

32 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 30 are listed here. 20 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book A26982

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… As dreadful as it was, I do believe that all the Wars of England Kill'dKilled not Fifty thouſand, nor near it. And though Fear which is a Tyrant, overcame …
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… As dreadful as it was, I do believe that all the Wars of England Kill'dKilled not Fifty thouſand, nor near it. And though Fear which is a Tyrant, overcame …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

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… Sackcloth according to the Prophetical alluſion; the Sun became as Sackcloth of Hair; and Kill'dKilled all the day long.
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… Sackcloth according to the Prophetical alluſion; the Sun became as Sackcloth of Hair; and Kill'dKilled all the day long.
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · p. 56 · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

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Kill'dKilled onely four; it trees by th'roots up tore,
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Kill'dKilled onely four; it trees by th'roots up tore,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 95 · Open in the reader
Printed
Kill'dKilled all, ſpar'd none in the Lutetian City.
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Kill'dKilled all, ſpar'd none in the Lutetian City.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
Kill'dKilled old and young, and ſhew'd no mercy there,
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Kill'dKilled old and young, and ſhew'd no mercy there,
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
Kill'dKilled or enſlaved, and the Churches ſpoil'd.
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Kill'dKilled or enſlaved, and the Churches ſpoil'd.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 161 · Open in the reader

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

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Kill'dKilled in cold Blood, their malice was so vile;
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Kill'dKilled in cold Blood, their malice was so vile;
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 36 · Open in the reader

The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America A50170

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… his means brought home to God; yea, twas obſerved after this, that they rather Kill'dKilled than Cur'd all ſuch of the Heathen as would yet make uſe of their …
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… his means brought home to God; yea, twas obſerved after this, that they rather Kill'dKilled than Cur'd all ſuch of the Heathen as would yet make uſe of their …
Cotton Mather · The Triumphs of the Reformed Religion in America · p. 111 · Open in the reader

Letters of State A50909

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… receiv'd no ſmall Damage. Upon this News, Antony and Manuel, believing he had bin Kill'dKilled, preſently look'd upon the Goods as their own, and ſtill detain 'em in their …
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… receiv'd no ſmall Damage. Upon this News, Antony and Manuel, believing he had bin Kill'dKilled, preſently look'd upon the Goods as their own, and ſtill detain 'em in their …
John Milton · Letters of State · p. 315 · Open in the reader

Poems A50938

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Kill'dKilled with report that Old man eloquent,
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Kill'dKilled with report that Old man eloquent,
John Milton · Poems · p. 55 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

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… Church of God. Now Chriſt was the Chiefeſt of Hebers Race, Luk. 3. 23, 35. and was Kill'dKilled by Pilate the Roman-Deputy, and ſince that time, Rome (by Antichriſt Raigning there …
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… Church of God. Now Chriſt was the Chiefeſt of Hebers Race, Luk. 3. 23, 35. and was Kill'dKilled by Pilate the Roman-Deputy, and ſince that time, Rome (by Antichriſt Raigning there …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 82 · Open in the reader
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… reſted upon David from his firſt Anointing, ch. 10. 13. (by the power of which he Kill'dKilled a Bear and a Lyon, Chap. 17. 34.) was all along too hard for Sauls Devil …
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… reſted upon David from his firſt Anointing, ch. 10. 13. (by the power of which he Kill'dKilled a Bear and a Lyon, Chap. 17. 34.) was all along too hard for Sauls Devil …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 127 · Open in the reader
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… Prieſts and Pontius Pilate would have had the Law on their ſides to have Kill'dKilled him, and have found Hundreds of Witneſſes againſt him, whereas they earneſtly ſought for …
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… Prieſts and Pontius Pilate would have had the Law on their ſides to have Kill'dKilled him, and have found Hundreds of Witneſſes againſt him, whereas they earneſtly ſought for …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 334 · Open in the reader
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… not unlike to that of Trent) Convene again, hold the Concluſion, (Chriſt ſhall be Kill'dKilled) but cannot Hit upon a Convenient time, crying, Not at the Feaſt, for Fear …
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… not unlike to that of Trent) Convene again, hold the Concluſion, (Chriſt ſhall be Kill'dKilled) but cannot Hit upon a Convenient time, crying, Not at the Feaſt, for Fear …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 361 · Open in the reader
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… Cor. 15. 32. ſo) at Jeruſalem, where Beaſtly Men laid hold of him, and would have Kill'dKilled him, but the Chief Captain Reſcued him from them, Act. 21▪ 27, 31. Thoſe Aſian-Jews were …
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… Cor. 15. 32. ſo) at Jeruſalem, where Beaſtly Men laid hold of him, and would have Kill'dKilled him, but the Chief Captain Reſcued him from them, Act. 21▪ 27, 31. Thoſe Aſian-Jews were …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 376 · Open in the reader

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

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The Fourth Circumſtance is the manner how, namely this Paſchal-Lamb muſt be Kill'dKilled, roaſted whole, in the night eaten up all, and nothing remaining, with unleavened Bread …
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The Fourth Circumſtance is the manner how, namely this Paſchal-Lamb muſt be Kill'dKilled, roaſted whole, in the night eaten up all, and nothing remaining, with unleavened Bread …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 449 · Open in the reader
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… Jacob with one Kiſs, and Eſau meet him with another, who rather would have Kill'dKilled him than Kiſs'd him, &c.
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… Jacob with one Kiſs, and Eſau meet him with another, who rather would have Kill'dKilled him than Kiſs'd him, &c.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 676 · Open in the reader
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… ly. The fifth War was between Ptolomy Philopator (ſo call'd per Antiphraſin, becauſe he Kill'dKilled his Father, &c.) and Antiochus Magnus, ver. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Tho' this Philopator was otherwiſe very Vitious …
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… ly. The fifth War was between Ptolomy Philopator (ſo call'd per Antiphraſin, becauſe he Kill'dKilled his Father, &c.) and Antiochus Magnus, ver. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. Tho' this Philopator was otherwiſe very Vitious …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 739 · Open in the reader
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… made them better Gentlemen then their Country-men he ſpeaks of there, verſe 14, 15. who Kill'dKilled Chriſt and his Prophets, perſecued Paul, pleaſed not God, and were rather Iſhmalites than …
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… made them better Gentlemen then their Country-men he ſpeaks of there, verſe 14, 15. who Kill'dKilled Chriſt and his Prophets, perſecued Paul, pleaſed not God, and were rather Iſhmalites than …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 432 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

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… Destruction for't. But, on Moses his Intercession, the Punishment was narrow'd, to three Thousand, Kill'dKilled by the Levit's, and a Plague on some others of the People; Exod. 32. They …
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… Destruction for't. But, on Moses his Intercession, the Punishment was narrow'd, to three Thousand, Kill'dKilled by the Levit's, and a Plague on some others of the People; Exod. 32. They …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Poems on Several Occasions A63969

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Wou'd She that Kill'dKilled him, were so Dead!
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Wou'd She that Kill'dKilled him, were so Dead!
John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · p. 124 · Open in the reader

History of the War with Indian Savages A88924

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… morning Slept their laſt: their Beds would have been their Graves. However, the Enemy Kill'dKilled Three Perſons, Burnt Three Houſes, Butchered many Cattel; and ſo, that Scene of the …
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… morning Slept their laſt: their Beds would have been their Graves. However, the Enemy Kill'dKilled Three Perſons, Burnt Three Houſes, Butchered many Cattel; and ſo, that Scene of the …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 73 · Open in the reader
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… the Afternoon, the Buſineſs at the Farm was Diſpatched, ſure enough! The Indians Then Kill'dKilled this Gentlewoman, and Three other People, a little before they had Finiſhed a point …
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… the Afternoon, the Buſineſs at the Farm was Diſpatched, ſure enough! The Indians Then Kill'dKilled this Gentlewoman, and Three other People, a little before they had Finiſhed a point …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 120 · Open in the reader
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… to Saco Garriſon, into the Hands of the Enemy, who Took the one, and Kill'dKilled the other, ſome Time in March. 1695 Many Months paſs'd away, without any Action between …
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… to Saco Garriſon, into the Hands of the Enemy, who Took the one, and Kill'dKilled the other, ſome Time in March. 1695 Many Months paſs'd away, without any Action between …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 131 · Open in the reader
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… Auguſt, the Houſe of one Rogers at Billerica, was plundered, and about Fifteen People Kill'dKilled and Taken, by Indians, which, by appearing and Approaching, 'tis ſaid, on Horſe-back …
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… Auguſt, the Houſe of one Rogers at Billerica, was plundered, and about Fifteen People Kill'dKilled and Taken, by Indians, which, by appearing and Approaching, 'tis ſaid, on Horſe-back …
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 131 · Open in the reader

Lovewell Lamented N02274

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… the same time Wounded Mr. Samuel Whiting: Immediately Wyman Fir'd at the Indian and Kill'dKilled him; and Mr. Frie and another Scalp'd him.
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… the same time Wounded Mr. Samuel Whiting: Immediately Wyman Fir'd at the Indian and Kill'dKilled him; and Mr. Frie and another Scalp'd him.
Thomas Symmes · Lovewell Lamented · p. v · Open in the reader
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… But the Indians being more than double in Number to our Men, & having soon Kill'dKilled Captain Lovewell, Mr. Fullam, (only Son of Major Fullam of Weston,) Ensign Harwood, Iohn …
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… But the Indians being more than double in Number to our Men, & having soon Kill'dKilled Captain Lovewell, Mr. Fullam, (only Son of Major Fullam of Weston,) Ensign Harwood, Iohn …
Thomas Symmes · Lovewell Lamented · p. vi · Open in the reader
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… two Mouse-Squirrels, which they roasted whole, & found them a sweet Morsel. Afterward they Kill'dKilled some Partridges and other Game, & were Comfortably Supply'd, till they got home.
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… two Mouse-Squirrels, which they roasted whole, & found them a sweet Morsel. Afterward they Kill'dKilled some Partridges and other Game, & were Comfortably Supply'd, till they got home.
Thomas Symmes · Lovewell Lamented · p. ix · Open in the reader
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… from Morning to Night in a Long, Hot Day, without any Refreshment; The Number Kill'dKilled and Wounded, amongst whom were some, that were Persons of Distinction on both sides …
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… from Morning to Night in a Long, Hot Day, without any Refreshment; The Number Kill'dKilled and Wounded, amongst whom were some, that were Persons of Distinction on both sides …
Thomas Symmes · Lovewell Lamented · p. xi · Open in the reader
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The Names of the Men Kill'dKilled at the Fight at Piggwacket, and of the Wounded Lost by the way Returning …
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The Names of the Men Kill'dKilled at the Fight at Piggwacket, and of the Wounded Lost by the way Returning …
Thomas Symmes · Lovewell Lamented · p. xii · Open in the reader