Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9861 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

usurp'dusurped

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

Puritas changed it: 80 times in 54 works
Consistency: 88.8% (80 of 90)
Reach if approved: ~95 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: usurped
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 90 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (80 changes in 54 works, 88.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 80)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of the Romiſh Impoſture, and of the Spirit of Antichriſt, that it has invaded, uſurp'dusurped upon and ſubverted the Authority of Kings and Princes, Governments and States, over their …
With rule
… of the Romiſh Impoſture, and of the Spirit of Antichriſt, that it has invaded, uſurp'dusurped upon and ſubverted the Authority of Kings and Princes, Governments and States, over their …
Benjamin Colman · Government the Pillar of the Earth · p. 13 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on the Altar, and the bold ungrounded claimes of Inspiration that false teachers have usurp'dusurped, be superseded by the voice of the Holy Ghost himself, who in this case …
With rule
… on the Altar, and the bold ungrounded claimes of Inspiration that false teachers have usurp'dusurped, be superseded by the voice of the Holy Ghost himself, who in this case …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 6 January 1660 · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Notion of a Church was dear to the Antichriſtians, for They and the Beaſt uſurp'dusurped it. At this Time therefore, according to this Prophecy, it could be no Argument …
With rule
… Notion of a Church was dear to the Antichriſtians, for They and the Beaſt uſurp'dusurped it. At this Time therefore, according to this Prophecy, it could be no Argument …
Thomas Beverley · A Scripture Line of Time · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at first, as that we might not have resisted him, but that he hath usurp'dusurped upon us, and we have given way to his usurpations: so, says that Father …
With rule
… at first, as that we might not have resisted him, but that he hath usurp'dusurped upon us, and we have given way to his usurpations: so, says that Father …
John Donne · Fifty Sermons · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… begins the Covenant of Peculiarity. p. 32. l. 29. f. purity r. parity, p. 38. l. 3. f. usurp'dusurped r. absur'd, p. 39. l. 18. f. ratifie r. ratified, p. 41. l. 39. f. have r. have …
With rule
… begins the Covenant of Peculiarity. p. 32. l. 29. f. purity r. parity, p. 38. l. 3. f. usurp'dusurped r. absur'd, p. 39. l. 18. f. ratifie r. ratified, p. 41. l. 39. f. have r. have …
Benjamin Keach · A Counter-Antidote · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
Though Priests, the Crown, and David's Throne usurp'dusurped,
With rule
Though Priests, the Crown, and David's Throne usurp'dusurped,
John Milton · Paradise Regained · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
And that uſurp'dusurped or threatned with a rage
With rule
And that uſurp'dusurped or threatned with a rage
John Donne · Poems · p. 266 · Open in the reader
Printed
Who hath in other Lands uſurp'dusurped his Throne,
With rule
Who hath in other Lands uſurp'dusurped his Throne,
George Wither · A Poetic Frenzy · p. 17 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Person and Period of the Antichrist A52810

Printed
… this account in the Year 406. after Chriſt, when Pope Innocent the Firſt challeng'd and Uſurp'dUsurped Juriſdiction over all Churches: Thoſe two Numbers put together make exactly 1666. but the former …
With rule
… this account in the Year 406. after Chriſt, when Pope Innocent the Firſt challeng'd and Uſurp'dUsurped Juriſdiction over all Churches: Thoſe two Numbers put together make exactly 1666. but the former …
Christopher Ness · The Person and Period of the Antichrist · p. 118 · Open in the reader