Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11302 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

endeavouredendeavored

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 4,965 times in 1,906 works
Consistency: 99.2% (4,965 of 5,002)
Reach if approved: ~5,256 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: endeavoured
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 5,002 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,965 changes in 1,906 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,965)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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2. For the manner. 1. I have endeavouredendeavored to carry my ſelfe inoffenſively, in this wholl treatiſe, without wronging or provoking any …
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2. For the manner. 1. I have endeavouredendeavored to carry my ſelfe inoffenſively, in this wholl treatiſe, without wronging or provoking any …
John Davenport · Reply to a Book · Open in the reader
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… refuſe the title of Eloquent with ſo much Eloquence, that it ſeemes you have endeavouredendeavored to prove that your modeſty is uniuſt, & to accuſe me as defective in your …
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… refuſe the title of Eloquent with ſo much Eloquence, that it ſeemes you have endeavouredendeavored to prove that your modeſty is uniuſt, & to accuſe me as defective in your …
Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Witty Encounter · p. 45 · Open in the reader
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… robes, wherein we are to follow the Lamb. And sure those who have here endeavouredendeavored to darken and extinguish all the rays of Spiritual Light, that have lived as …
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… robes, wherein we are to follow the Lamb. And sure those who have here endeavouredendeavored to darken and extinguish all the rays of Spiritual Light, that have lived as …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 436 · Open in the reader
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… additions as theſe of matter and manner. The thing, ſaith he, you ſhould have endeavouredendeavored to prove, is, That your Divine ſervice-book framed by man, and by man …
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… additions as theſe of matter and manner. The thing, ſaith he, you ſhould have endeavouredendeavored to prove, is, That your Divine ſervice-book framed by man, and by man …
John Ball · A Friendly Trial of the Grounds Tending to Separation · p. 5 · Open in the reader
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… time in ſome ſort, I applied medicines to them both. In the other I endeavouredendeavored to ſhew how vnmeete it was firſt to diſgrace our neighbours; then to iudge …
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… time in ſome ſort, I applied medicines to them both. In the other I endeavouredendeavored to ſhew how vnmeete it was firſt to diſgrace our neighbours; then to iudge …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 95 · Open in the reader
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… those men who erected the fabricks of superstition and wil-worship, have yet ever endeavouredendeavored to derive the originall of them on some divine revelations. And that great Roman …
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… those men who erected the fabricks of superstition and wil-worship, have yet ever endeavouredendeavored to derive the originall of them on some divine revelations. And that great Roman …
Edward Reynolds · Meditations on the Lords Supper · p. 19 · Open in the reader
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VVe began with the firſt of theſe the laſt time; And I endeavouredendeavored then to perſwade every one to labour for knowledge.
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VVe began with the firſt of theſe the laſt time; And I endeavouredendeavored then to perſwade every one to labour for knowledge.
John Stoughton · The Righteous Mans Plea to True Happiness · p. 106 · Open in the reader
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… assure my selfe) a testimonie from God and your owne consciences, that they have endeavouredendeavored to take there footing upon warrantable grounds, and to direct themselves to a right …
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… assure my selfe) a testimonie from God and your owne consciences, that they have endeavouredendeavored to take there footing upon warrantable grounds, and to direct themselves to a right …
John White · The Planters Plea · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (37)

26 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Parable of the Ten Virgins A27619

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… me, I have had a Name of Profeſſion and Chriſtianity upon me: I have EndeavouredEndeavored to Hear and to Pray, and to Receive the Lords Supper, and to keep …
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… me, I have had a Name of Profeſſion and Chriſtianity upon me: I have EndeavouredEndeavored to Hear and to Pray, and to Receive the Lords Supper, and to keep …
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 29 · Open in the reader
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I EndeavouredEndeavored to open to you, That every one ſhall riſe in the very ſame Circumſtances …
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I EndeavouredEndeavored to open to you, That every one ſhall riſe in the very ſame Circumſtances …
Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Eighteen Directions for Saving Conversion Unto God A30278

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… not let a Chriſtian live, without ſuch Service as this, Performed, or at leaſt EndeavouredEndeavored.
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… not let a Chriſtian live, without ſuch Service as this, Performed, or at leaſt EndeavouredEndeavored.
Daniel Burgess · Eighteen Directions for Saving Conversion Unto God · p. 19 · Open in the reader

The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons A33330

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… a Beast at the Root of a Great Tree, which the Mother and they EndeavouredEndeavored to cast over them, there lying upon the Snow. The next day a little …
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… a Beast at the Root of a Great Tree, which the Mother and they EndeavouredEndeavored to cast over them, there lying upon the Snow. The next day a little …
Samuel Clarke · The Lives of Sundry Eminent Persons · p. 223 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

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… he) but an Helmet. Well fare my Helmet, the seasonable interposition of the word ENDEAVOUREDENDEAVORED! which hath secured me from the blowes of the Animadvertor, and perchance his hand …
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… he) but an Helmet. Well fare my Helmet, the seasonable interposition of the word ENDEAVOUREDENDEAVORED! which hath secured me from the blowes of the Animadvertor, and perchance his hand …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 41 · Open in the reader
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EndeavouredEndeavored to prove, that the Clergy had no power to make Canons, without common consent …
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EndeavouredEndeavored to prove, that the Clergy had no power to make Canons, without common consent …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 41 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

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… TOGETHER WITH An Historical NARRATIVE of the Native Commodities and Rarities in each County. EndeavouredEndeavored by Thomas Fuller, D. D.
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… TOGETHER WITH An Historical NARRATIVE of the Native Commodities and Rarities in each County. EndeavouredEndeavored by Thomas Fuller, D. D.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · Open in the reader

The Present State of New England Considered A50155

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… principal Troublers of their Countrey; and, Advertising us, that if a Reformation be not EndeavouredEndeavored, the Righteous God will Punish us yet seven Times for our Iniqu ties. O …
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… principal Troublers of their Countrey; and, Advertising us, that if a Reformation be not EndeavouredEndeavored, the Righteous God will Punish us yet seven Times for our Iniqu ties. O …
Cotton Mather · The Present State of New England Considered · p. 29 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

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Sixtus V. EndeavouredEndeavored to thruſt Charles IX. king of France, and Eliſabeth queen of England out of …
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Sixtus V. EndeavouredEndeavored to thruſt Charles IX. king of France, and Eliſabeth queen of England out of …
David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · Open in the reader

Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 A56162

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… Articles, for this crime eſpecially (wherein all the other centred) That he hath TREASONABLY ENDEAVOUREDENDEAVORED by his Words, Actions and Counſels, TO SUBVERT THE FUNDAMENTALL LAWS and GOVERNMENT OF …
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… Articles, for this crime eſpecially (wherein all the other centred) That he hath TREASONABLY ENDEAVOUREDENDEAVORED by his Words, Actions and Counſels, TO SUBVERT THE FUNDAMENTALL LAWS and GOVERNMENT OF …
William Prynne · Historical Vindication Part 1 and 2 · p. 33 · Open in the reader

Speech 4 December 1648 A56213

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2. EndeavouredEndeavored to bring up the Northern Army to over-awe and force the Houses to …
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2. EndeavouredEndeavored to bring up the Northern Army to over-awe and force the Houses to …
William Prynne · Speech 4 December 1648 · p. 96 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Solemn League and Covenant A62025

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1. EndeavouredEndeavored to be extirpated; without any reason offered to our understandings, for which it should …
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1. EndeavouredEndeavored to be extirpated; without any reason offered to our understandings, for which it should …
Robert Sanderson · Concerning the Solemn League and Covenant · p. 7 · Open in the reader

The Great Propitiation A63766

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EndeavouredEndeavored to be made eaſily intelligible, and to appear rational and well accountable to ordinary …
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EndeavouredEndeavored to be made eaſily intelligible, and to appear rational and well accountable to ordinary …
Joseph Truman · The Great Propitiation · Open in the reader

Lecture Preached at Distinckorn-Hill A71022

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… what meaneth the bleeting of the ſheep, … lowing of the Oxen? If we have EndeavouredEndeavored to bring the Enemies of GOD to condign Puniſhment: Then what means the ſetting …
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… what meaneth the bleeting of the ſheep, … lowing of the Oxen? If we have EndeavouredEndeavored to bring the Enemies of GOD to condign Puniſhment: Then what means the ſetting …
Alexander Shields · Lecture Preached at Distinckorn-Hill · p. 19 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

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Chap. V. VVherein the Grand Scope of the Diſcourſe is EndeavouredEndeavored to be truly Fixed, viz. That the Chief and Adequate End, and Reaſon of …
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Chap. V. VVherein the Grand Scope of the Diſcourſe is EndeavouredEndeavored to be truly Fixed, viz. That the Chief and Adequate End, and Reaſon of …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · Open in the reader
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CHAP. V. Wherein the Grand Scope of the Diſcourſe is EndeavouredEndeavored to be truly Fixed, viz. That the Chief and Adequate End, and Reaſon of …
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CHAP. V. Wherein the Grand Scope of the Diſcourſe is EndeavouredEndeavored to be truly Fixed, viz. That the Chief and Adequate End, and Reaſon of …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Christ Crucified A81890

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… Preaching, and of your Hearing, which, when it is not ſimply Aimed at, and EndeavouredEndeavored to be Reached, we are Uſeleſs in both.
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… Preaching, and of your Hearing, which, when it is not ſimply Aimed at, and EndeavouredEndeavored to be Reached, we are Uſeleſs in both.
James Durham · Christ Crucified · p. 370 · Open in the reader

History of the War with Indian Savages A88924

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… except we get a little cloſer to ſome certain point, which I have hitherto EndeavouredEndeavored but ineffectually.
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… except we get a little cloſer to ſome certain point, which I have hitherto EndeavouredEndeavored but ineffectually.
Cotton Mather · History of the War with Indian Savages · p. 172 · Open in the reader

The Fanning and Sifting of Samuel Oates A93771

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EndeavouredEndeavored in ſeverall Sermons upon Mat. 13. 44, 45.
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EndeavouredEndeavored in ſeverall Sermons upon Mat. 13. 44, 45.
John Stalham · The Fanning and Sifting of Samuel Oates · Open in the reader

Understanding the Mind of God B27721

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… it with respect unto their moral operation unto that End, but only to have EndeavouredEndeavored so to do. But when this Phraise of speech is used to express a …
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… it with respect unto their moral operation unto that End, but only to have EndeavouredEndeavored so to do. But when this Phraise of speech is used to express a …
John Owen · Understanding the Mind of God · p. 110 · Open in the reader

Meat out of the Eater N00104

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EndeavouredEndeavored to paint.
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EndeavouredEndeavored to paint.
Michael Wigglesworth · Meat out of the Eater · p. 46 · Open in the reader

The Churchs Quarrel Espoused N01398

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… told by me, unleſs it be Extorted by the Rack. And tho' I have EndeavouredEndeavored with freedom of Argument to ſubvert the Error, I will never ſtain their perſonal …
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… told by me, unleſs it be Extorted by the Rack. And tho' I have EndeavouredEndeavored with freedom of Argument to ſubvert the Error, I will never ſtain their perſonal …
John Wise · The Churchs Quarrel Espoused · p. 151 · Open in the reader

The Duty of All Christians Urged N03667

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… the Doctrine may in the Fear of God, by the Help of Chriſt, be EndeavouredEndeavored under ſeveral Propoſitions. Hear then that your Souls may Live.
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… the Doctrine may in the Fear of God, by the Help of Chriſt, be EndeavouredEndeavored under ſeveral Propoſitions. Hear then that your Souls may Live.
Nathaniel Clap · The Duty of All Christians Urged · p. 7 · Open in the reader

Continuation of Journal During the Time Detained in England by the Embargo N03778

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… on the Evangelist St. Matthew; I think it the best I ever met with. EndeavouredEndeavored to keep close to GOD, by Watching unto Prayer, for Direction and Help in …
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… on the Evangelist St. Matthew; I think it the best I ever met with. EndeavouredEndeavored to keep close to GOD, by Watching unto Prayer, for Direction and Help in …
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal During the Time Detained in England by the Embargo · p. 100 · Open in the reader
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Tuesday, December 25. EndeavouredEndeavored still to keep my Mind as much as possible in Union with all those …
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Tuesday, December 25. EndeavouredEndeavored still to keep my Mind as much as possible in Union with all those …
George Whitefield · Continuation of Journal During the Time Detained in England by the Embargo · p. 179 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of the Gospel in Salvation N05135

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I EndeavouredEndeavored, in the Morning, to shew you the absolute Necessity of Repentance, from the express …
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I EndeavouredEndeavored, in the Morning, to shew you the absolute Necessity of Repentance, from the express …
John Barnard · The Mystery of the Gospel in Salvation · p. 190 · Open in the reader