Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9933 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

disarm'ddisarmed

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

Puritas changed it: 74 times in 55 works
Consistency: 81.3% (74 of 91)
Reach if approved: ~96 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: disarmed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 91 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74 changes in 55 works, 81.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of Infamy on which he suffered, was the Trophy of his Conquest. His Death disarm'ddisarmed Satan of his Weaponswhere by he subdued us, Sin, the Law, and Death; for …
With rule
… of Infamy on which he suffered, was the Trophy of his Conquest. His Death disarm'ddisarmed Satan of his Weaponswhere by he subdued us, Sin, the Law, and Death; for …
William Bates · Sermons Upon Death and Eternal Judgment · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… full ſtrength and vigor; whereas we ſhould remember that Jeſus Chriſt hath overcome and diſarm'ddisarmed Death by his powerful Reſurrection, and that for our parts we need but follow …
With rule
… full ſtrength and vigor; whereas we ſhould remember that Jeſus Chriſt hath overcome and diſarm'ddisarmed Death by his powerful Reſurrection, and that for our parts we need but follow …
Charles Drelincourt · The Christians Defense Against the Fears of Death · p. 50 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sacrific'd to his reputation, and the conveniencie of his affaires. Others he would have disarm'ddisarmed, that is to say in his own time: but all of them he would …
With rule
… sacrific'd to his reputation, and the conveniencie of his affaires. Others he would have disarm'ddisarmed, that is to say in his own time: but all of them he would …
John Milton · Answer to a Book · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Army were diveſted of their Commiſſions; the Soldiers disbanded and caſhier'd, ſtript and diſarm'ddisarmed, without demanding a Reaſon for ſuch unwarrantable Dealings, or diſputing the Pleaſure of their …
With rule
… the Army were diveſted of their Commiſſions; the Soldiers disbanded and caſhier'd, ſtript and diſarm'ddisarmed, without demanding a Reaſon for ſuch unwarrantable Dealings, or diſputing the Pleaſure of their …
George Philips · The Interest of England in the Preservation of Ireland · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
Is poore, diſarm'ddisarmed, like Papiſts, not worth hate:
With rule
Is poore, diſarm'ddisarmed, like Papiſts, not worth hate:
John Donne · Poems · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… own hand, that he doth not (as he addes) prove things in his Schisme disarm'ddisarmed (and as little in his Schisme Dispatch'd) and consequently that there is no heed …
With rule
… own hand, that he doth not (as he addes) prove things in his Schisme disarm'ddisarmed (and as little in his Schisme Dispatch'd) and consequently that there is no heed …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 296 · Open in the reader
Printed
… me, he came to search for Arms and Ammunition, of which I must be disarm'ddisarmed; I told him I had only two Muskets in the House, and no other …
With rule
… me, he came to search for Arms and Ammunition, of which I must be disarm'ddisarmed; I told him I had only two Muskets in the House, and no other …
Joseph Hall · Fanatic Moderation Exemplified · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sleep in their winter-houses all disarm'ddisarmed,
With rule
Sleep in their winter-houses all disarm'ddisarmed,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 126 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist A87008

Printed
… of truth. For this I appeal to expresse words in my Answer to Schisme Disarm'dDisarmed, p. 36. l. 2. He that is in many things fallible—may yet infallibly know or …
With rule
… of truth. For this I appeal to expresse words in my Answer to Schisme Disarm'dDisarmed, p. 36. l. 2. He that is in many things fallible—may yet infallibly know or …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… arrowes are beyond all possible confute, meaning that S. W. the Author of Schism Disarm'dDisarmed, was the same with the Author of the Apology for Tradition (though I am …
With rule
… arrowes are beyond all possible confute, meaning that S. W. the Author of Schism Disarm'dDisarmed, was the same with the Author of the Apology for Tradition (though I am …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 52 · Open in the reader
Printed
… D. and hath, as I have heard, assumed to be the Author of Schism Disarm'dDisarmed, was the Author of that whole Book, but only of a part of it …
With rule
… D. and hath, as I have heard, assumed to be the Author of Schism Disarm'dDisarmed, was the Author of that whole Book, but only of a part of it …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Section concludes, I must once more be rebuked, for styling my answer to Sch. Disarm'dDisarmed an Appendix to the Reply to the Catholike Gentleman, and a gleaning after the …
With rule
… Section concludes, I must once more be rebuked, for styling my answer to Sch. Disarm'dDisarmed an Appendix to the Reply to the Catholike Gentleman, and a gleaning after the …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not that of his occasions.] I answer, 1. That if at the Printing of Schisme Disarm'dDisarmed, he had not seen, or heard of my Reply to that letter, it must …
With rule
… not that of his occasions.] I answer, 1. That if at the Printing of Schisme Disarm'dDisarmed, he had not seen, or heard of my Reply to that letter, it must …
Henry Hammond · Brief Account of One Suggestion of the Romanist · p. 75 · Open in the reader

The Disarmers Dexterities Examined A87018

Printed
CHAP IV. A Survey of the Second Part of Schisme Disarm'dDisarmed. 81
With rule
CHAP IV. A Survey of the Second Part of Schisme Disarm'dDisarmed. 81
Henry Hammond · The Disarmers Dexterities Examined · Open in the reader
Printed
… here minde him of, once for all, and accordingly design this view of Schisme Disarm'dDisarmed to be an Appendix onely to that Reply to the Catholick Gentleman, to glean …
With rule
… here minde him of, once for all, and accordingly design this view of Schisme Disarm'dDisarmed to be an Appendix onely to that Reply to the Catholick Gentleman, to glean …
Henry Hammond · The Disarmers Dexterities Examined · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
A Survey of the Second Part of Schism Disarm'dDisarmed.
With rule
A Survey of the Second Part of Schism Disarm'dDisarmed.
Henry Hammond · The Disarmers Dexterities Examined · p. 81 · Open in the reader