Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9944 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

endow'dendowed

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

Puritas changed it: 85 times in 68 works
Consistency: 86.7% (85 of 98)
Reach if approved: ~103 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: endowed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 98 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (85 changes in 68 works, 86.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 85)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… might he not have deveſted Adam preſently of thoſe rational perfections, wherewith he had endow'dendowed him? And might he not have metamorphos'd him into ſome Beaſt, and elevated ſome …
With rule
… might he not have deveſted Adam preſently of thoſe rational perfections, wherewith he had endow'dendowed him? And might he not have metamorphos'd him into ſome Beaſt, and elevated ſome …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 711 · Open in the reader
Printed
Being endow'dendowed with most excellent parts
With rule
Being endow'dendowed with most excellent parts
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus liberally had God endow'dendowed this select Soul with Inclinations to Virtue and Goodness, and with Opportunities to ripen …
With rule
Thus liberally had God endow'dendowed this select Soul with Inclinations to Virtue and Goodness, and with Opportunities to ripen …
John Kettlewell · Funeral Sermon for Lady Frances Digby · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the World, that stock'd it with such a numberless Swarm of Creatures, and endow'dendowed it with such plentiful Provisions for the Support and Maintenance of them all: so …
With rule
… of the World, that stock'd it with such a numberless Swarm of Creatures, and endow'dendowed it with such plentiful Provisions for the Support and Maintenance of them all: so …
John Scott · The Christian Life Part 3 Volume 4 · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
With Temporal poſſeſſions, them endow'dendowed:
With rule
With Temporal poſſeſſions, them endow'dendowed:
George Wither · The British Appeals with Gods Merciful Replies · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
Conſcience within us is His Vicegerent. He has created it, endow'dendowed and impower'd it, and to Him it is Accountable. He has given it Knowledge …
With rule
Conſcience within us is His Vicegerent. He has created it, endow'dendowed and impower'd it, and to Him it is Accountable. He has given it Knowledge …
Benjamin Colman · Sermons Preached from Luke 11:21-22 · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thus you ſee that Miniſters had need be truly Men of God, endow'dendowed with ſuperior meaſures both of Gifts & Graces, & have that Wiſdom, Weight, and Experience▪ which …
With rule
Thus you ſee that Miniſters had need be truly Men of God, endow'dendowed with ſuperior meaſures both of Gifts & Graces, & have that Wiſdom, Weight, and Experience▪ which …
Thomas Foxcroft · Ministers Spiritual Parents · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
This gate endow'dendowed with many properties,
With rule
This gate endow'dendowed with many properties,
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 27 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

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

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
Endow'dEndowed with goodly gifts and qualities;
With rule
Endow'dEndowed with goodly gifts and qualities;
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 39 · Open in the reader

A Buckler Against the Fear of Death A17129

Printed
Endow'dEndowed with nothing but a private fortune:
With rule
Endow'dEndowed with nothing but a private fortune:
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

The Life and Death of Reverend Edmund Trench A71133

Printed
… not continued to the Pariſh, and in 7 Years the Hoſpital alſo Rebuilt, and better Endow'dEndowed out of King Edward's Eſtate, and by his Influence: I thought I had no …
With rule
… not continued to the Pariſh, and in 7 Years the Hoſpital alſo Rebuilt, and better Endow'dEndowed out of King Edward's Eſtate, and by his Influence: I thought I had no …
Edmund Trench · The Life and Death of Reverend Edmund Trench · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Midnights Meditations of Death A77759

Printed
Endow'dEndowed with nothing but a private fortune:
With rule
Endow'dEndowed with nothing but a private fortune:
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader

Sermons Preached from Luke 11:21-22 N01574

Printed
… all the World beſide. This Rate God ſets upon them, ſo nobly had he Endow'dEndowed his Creature, and ſuch Riches had he expended in him! So Great was his …
With rule
… all the World beſide. This Rate God ſets upon them, ſo nobly had he Endow'dEndowed his Creature, and ſuch Riches had he expended in him! So Great was his …
Benjamin Colman · Sermons Preached from Luke 11:21-22 · p. 115 · Open in the reader