Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9843 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

refus'drefused

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

Puritas changed it: 275 times in 163 works
Consistency: 96.4% (275 of 285)
Reach if approved: ~299 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: refused
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 285 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (275 changes in 163 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 275)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Grace is refus'drefused that's free,
With rule
Grace is refus'drefused that's free,
Richard Baxter · Additions to the Poetical Fragments of Baxter · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ran and not ceasd; my soul refus'drefused comforted for to be.
With rule
Ran and not ceasd; my soul refus'drefused comforted for to be.
Zacharie Boyd · The Psalms of David in Meter with the Prose Interlined · Open in the reader
Printed
… and turn'd away his head as not caring to ſpeak to any body, and refus'drefused to eat. Jezebel his wife came to him, and ſeeing him ſo much out …
With rule
… and turn'd away his head as not caring to ſpeak to any body, and refus'drefused to eat. Jezebel his wife came to him, and ſeeing him ſo much out …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 533 · Open in the reader
Printed
Of wanton fires, refus'drefused at last
With rule
Of wanton fires, refus'drefused at last
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 450 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpeed the buſineſs. It would bee too tedious to tell you every circumſtance, I refus'drefused it.
With rule
… ſpeed the buſineſs. It would bee too tedious to tell you every circumſtance, I refus'drefused it.
Ralph Farmer · The Lord Cravens Case · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who scorns to take what is refus'drefused by all.
With rule
Who scorns to take what is refus'drefused by all.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
… come to knowledge. VVill hee (thinkſt thou) that offereth his light, where it is refus'drefused, & deſpiſed, withdraw it, where it is deſired, and ſought for? He came (as himſelfe …
With rule
… come to knowledge. VVill hee (thinkſt thou) that offereth his light, where it is refus'drefused, & deſpiſed, withdraw it, where it is deſired, and ſought for? He came (as himſelfe …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 339 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in His Majeſties Service, That he was heartily glad that ſo many Miniſters had refus'drefused to Conform upon the Terms propoſed. And being ask'd with ſome wonderment, a reaſon …
With rule
… in His Majeſties Service, That he was heartily glad that ſo many Miniſters had refus'drefused to Conform upon the Terms propoſed. And being ask'd with ſome wonderment, a reaſon …
Vincent Alsop · The Mischief of Impositions · p. 39 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

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

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Refus'dRefused to eat, chains did his hands reſtrain:
With rule
Refus'dRefused to eat, chains did his hands reſtrain:
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 13 · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… loweſt Want and Miſery in the Tower, Sequeſtred of all he had, yet he Refus'dRefused the offers of his Friends with this Reaſon, that he knew not how to …
With rule
… loweſt Want and Miſery in the Tower, Sequeſtred of all he had, yet he Refus'dRefused the offers of his Friends with this Reaſon, that he knew not how to …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Paradise Regained A50931

Printed
Refus'dRefused on me his Baptism to confer,
With rule
Refus'dRefused on me his Baptism to confer,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 16 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A62085

Printed
… not to have one stone of it left upon another) and in which, he Refus'dRefused, at the Jews desire, to be their King, saying, he'd build it up into …
With rule
… not to have one stone of it left upon another) and in which, he Refus'dRefused, at the Jews desire, to be their King, saying, he'd build it up into …
George Sikes · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 126 · Open in the reader

Invitations to the Gospel Feast N01506

Printed
So in our Text, thoſe who Refus'dRefused coming to the Feaſt when bidden, did not Directly and Abſolutely ſay, I will …
With rule
So in our Text, thoſe who Refus'dRefused coming to the Feaſt when bidden, did not Directly and Abſolutely ſay, I will …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
When the Maſter of the Houſe (in our Text) was Inform'd, that ſome Refus'dRefused the Invitation to his Feaſt; he bade his Servant to go Quickly, and bring …
With rule
When the Maſter of the Houſe (in our Text) was Inform'd, that ſome Refus'dRefused the Invitation to his Feaſt; he bade his Servant to go Quickly, and bring …
Benjamin Wadsworth · Invitations to the Gospel Feast · p. 156 · Open in the reader