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inquisitiueinquisitive

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
195 times in 112 works
Consistency
97.5% (195 of 200)
Reach if approved
~210 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: inquisitive
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
200 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (195 changes in 112 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 195)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … oare into other mens boats? For a priuate perſon without any calling to be inquiſitiueinquisitive, and to prie into others, that I may know how to come ouer them …
    With rule
    … oare into other mens boats? For a priuate perſon without any calling to be inquiſitiueinquisitive, and to prie into others, that I may know how to come ouer them …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 310 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    2 And I perceiued, that althogh the moſt mightie Angels of heauen were inquiſitiueinquisitive, and ſhoulde openlie proclaime, who were worthie to open theſe ſealed myſteries, and to …
    With rule
    2 And I perceiued, that althogh the moſt mightie Angels of heauen were inquiſitiueinquisitive, and ſhoulde openlie proclaime, who were worthie to open theſe ſealed myſteries, and to …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 104 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and Pamphlets whatsoeuer, (of which he hath great store:) and yet hee is alwayes inquisitiueinquisitive after more. Secondly, because hee hath caused sundry of his Popish Prayer Bookes, Primers …
    With rule
    … and Pamphlets whatsoeuer, (of which he hath great store:) and yet hee is alwayes inquisitiueinquisitive after more. Secondly, because hee hath caused sundry of his Popish Prayer Bookes, Primers …

    William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … was borne. For Ptolomy king of Egipt, which had the famous library, was studiously inquisitiueinquisitive to search out the originall of all nations & religions, & he found that the people …
    With rule
    … was borne. For Ptolomy king of Egipt, which had the famous library, was studiously inquisitiueinquisitive to search out the originall of all nations & religions, & he found that the people …

    Henry Smith · Gods Arrow Against Atheists · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … now, and that which is to bee, hath already been: and bee not so inquisitiueinquisitive, why the former dayes were better then these? for wee doe not enquire wisely …
    With rule
    … now, and that which is to bee, hath already been: and bee not so inquisitiueinquisitive, why the former dayes were better then these? for wee doe not enquire wisely …

    James Ussher · Sermon 18 February 1620 · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … with thee, it will not burst thee. ch. 19. v. 10. So should we neither be inquisitiueinquisitive to know, nor knowing, discouer the secrets of State: but, as the Apostle biddeth …
    With rule
    … with thee, it will not burst thee. ch. 19. v. 10. So should we neither be inquisitiueinquisitive to know, nor knowing, discouer the secrets of State: but, as the Apostle biddeth …

    Andrew Willet · A Catholicon · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … ſay, it is a ſecreet and a ſpirituall conjunctioun. Thou wald not bee ſa inquiſitiueinquisitive of this conjunction, gif it were corporal, viſible, or local, gif thou ſaw thame …
    With rule
    … ſay, it is a ſecreet and a ſpirituall conjunctioun. Thou wald not bee ſa inquiſitiueinquisitive of this conjunction, gif it were corporal, viſible, or local, gif thou ſaw thame …

    Robert Bruce · Sermons Upon the Lords Supper · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … requireth what hee may render. Will not then that mind which maketh him ſo inquiſitiueinquisitive to be further inſtructed in what he may doe more, provoke him to doe …
    With rule
    … requireth what hee may render. Will not then that mind which maketh him ſo inquiſitiueinquisitive to be further inſtructed in what he may doe more, provoke him to doe …

    William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 167 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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

Sermons on Deuteronomy A17698

  • Printed
    InquisitiueInquisitive.
    With rule
    InquisitiueInquisitive.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    That such as are to make warres, are faine to be InquisitiueInquisitive of the force and policie of their enimies, & why.
    With rule
    That such as are to make warres, are faine to be InquisitiueInquisitive of the force and policie of their enimies, & why.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    We must not be InquisitiueInquisitive of ye things that are not good for vs.
    With rule
    We must not be InquisitiueInquisitive of ye things that are not good for vs.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

  • Printed
    InquiſitiueInquisitive.
    With rule
    InquiſitiueInquisitive.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader