Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9885 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pour'dpoured

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

Puritas changed it: 185 times in 126 works
Consistency: 94.3% (185 of 196)
Reach if approved: ~206 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: poured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 196 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (185 changes in 126 works, 94.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 185)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Into their Throats they pour'dpoured down melted Lead,
With rule
Into their Throats they pour'dpoured down melted Lead,
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Fools as they came: Balaam returned (re infectâ) and could not Curſe Iſrael, but pour'dpoured out moſt direful Denunciations of Woes and Curſes againſt the Enemies of Iſrael; However …
With rule
… Fools as they came: Balaam returned (re infectâ) and could not Curſe Iſrael, but pour'dpoured out moſt direful Denunciations of Woes and Curſes againſt the Enemies of Iſrael; However …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
While Continence a precious liquour pour'dpoured
With rule
While Continence a precious liquour pour'dpoured
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… upon his face, and by little and little getting strength bedasht his shine, and pour'dpoured out as full streams of storm as he had done of light; till it …
With rule
… upon his face, and by little and little getting strength bedasht his shine, and pour'dpoured out as full streams of storm as he had done of light; till it …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 29 May 1662 · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Talent. But I doubt not, the Spirit of it will within ſhort time be pour'dpoured out more abundantly, and that it ſhall not turn to Licentiouſneſs, but overflow with …
With rule
… Talent. But I doubt not, the Spirit of it will within ſhort time be pour'dpoured out more abundantly, and that it ſhall not turn to Licentiouſneſs, but overflow with …
Thomas Beverley · A Conciliatory Discourse Upon Crisps Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… before him his trouble, Pſal. 142. 2. And when Job was all alone, then his eyes pour'dpoured out tears to God Job. 20. 16. There is no hazzard, no danger, in ripping up …
With rule
… before him his trouble, Pſal. 142. 2. And when Job was all alone, then his eyes pour'dpoured out tears to God Job. 20. 16. There is no hazzard, no danger, in ripping up …
Thomas Brooks · The Privy Key of Heaven · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he waters this Garden with the waters of Paradiſe: the VVord of Life hath pour'dpoured in this water, into that great, and Royal Veſſel, the Underſtanding, and the love …
With rule
… he waters this Garden with the waters of Paradiſe: the VVord of Life hath pour'dpoured in this water, into that great, and Royal Veſſel, the Underſtanding, and the love …
John Donne · Twenty-Six Sermons · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
But what will all this come to? here's a ſhower of wealth and glory pour'dpoured down, what thunderbolt comes after it? timeo Daneos, & dona ferentes, ſhut the gift out …
With rule
But what will all this come to? here's a ſhower of wealth and glory pour'dpoured down, what thunderbolt comes after it? timeo Daneos, & dona ferentes, ſhut the gift out …
John Hacket · A Century of Sermons · p. 349 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Pour'dPoured on his guiltie corse late grief, & helplesse pain.
With rule
Pour'dPoured on his guiltie corse late grief, & helplesse pain.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 115 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
Pour'dPoured out a taste of those Calamities
With rule
Pour'dPoured out a taste of those Calamities
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Forty Sermons A23717

Printed
… r. imitate. p. 210. marg. for foreign r. foreign ibid. for foreign r. foreign p. 212. l. 11. for powr'd read pour'dpoured. ip. 218. marg. for foreign r. foreign p. 220. l. 6. for entertain r. entertain. p. 221. marg. for foreign r …
With rule
… r. imitate. p. 210. marg. for foreign r. foreign ibid. for foreign r. foreign p. 212. l. 11. for powr'd read pour'dpoured. ip. 218. marg. for foreign r. foreign p. 220. l. 6. for entertain r. entertain. p. 221. marg. for foreign r …
Richard Allestree · Forty Sermons · Open in the reader

A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions A28159

Printed
Pour'dPoured in upon them; but the Chriſtian throng
With rule
Pour'dPoured in upon them; but the Chriſtian throng
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
Pour'dPoured down their throats, till ſudden ſickneſs ſtrike
With rule
Pour'dPoured down their throats, till ſudden ſickneſs ſtrike
Nicolas Billingsley · A Breviary of All the Greatest Persecutions · p. 93 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
Pour'dPoured out with regret, Pag. 803, 804
With rule
Pour'dPoured out with regret, Pag. 803, 804
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
Pour'dPoured never from her frozen loyns, to pass
With rule
Pour'dPoured never from her frozen loyns, to pass
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
… before men, as Witneſſes of Lyes only, by the Anathemas, Excommunications, Brands of Hereſy Pour'dPoured out upon them; yet that Antichristian State▪ Theſe Witneſſes of Chriſt, had Power to …
With rule
… before men, as Witneſſes of Lyes only, by the Anathemas, Excommunications, Brands of Hereſy Pour'dPoured out upon them; yet that Antichristian State▪ Theſe Witneſſes of Chriſt, had Power to …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 80 · Open in the reader

Sermons Preached from Luke 11:21-22 N01574

Printed
… the Spirit by Meaſure: He was Fairer than the Children of Men, Grace was Pour'dPoured into his Lips, yea the bright Angels of God were dark, and the Heavens …
With rule
… the Spirit by Meaſure: He was Fairer than the Children of Men, Grace was Pour'dPoured into his Lips, yea the bright Angels of God were dark, and the Heavens …
Benjamin Colman · Sermons Preached from Luke 11:21-22 · p. 17 · Open in the reader