Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11380 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

enquiredinquired

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

Puritas changed it: 3,299 times in 1,370 works
Consistency: 98.3% (3,299 of 3,353)
Reach if approved: ~3,562 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: inquired
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,390 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,299 changes in 1,370 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,299)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

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… of them, or they vehemently ſuſpecting one of ſuch an offence, it ſhall be enquiredinquired, heard, and determined by Commiſſion out of the Chancerie, in the ſhire or place …
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… of them, or they vehemently ſuſpecting one of ſuch an offence, it ſhall be enquiredinquired, heard, and determined by Commiſſion out of the Chancerie, in the ſhire or place …
Henry Finch · Law · p. 403 · Open in the reader
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… he is not so certaine of it, but that he affirmeth it may be enquiredinquired of, and peraduenture shall be found to be so, peraduenture it shall still remayne …
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… he is not so certaine of it, but that he affirmeth it may be enquiredinquired of, and peraduenture shall be found to be so, peraduenture it shall still remayne …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 161 · Open in the reader
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The thing enquiredinquired after being indefinitely ſet downe, (What?) implieth that
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The thing enquiredinquired after being indefinitely ſet downe, (What?) implieth that
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 156 · Open in the reader
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… To guide our feet into the way of peace. Heere it muſt firſt be enquiredinquired what is the way of peace. Secondly, it muſt be prooued that we need …
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… To guide our feet into the way of peace. Heere it muſt firſt be enquiredinquired what is the way of peace. Secondly, it muſt be prooued that we need …
Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 120 · Open in the reader
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… in the world of building thēselues in their most holy faith. Gods people haue enquiredinquired at their mouthes, What shall wt doe to haue eternall life? where-in shall …
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… in the world of building thēselues in their most holy faith. Gods people haue enquiredinquired at their mouthes, What shall wt doe to haue eternall life? where-in shall …
Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 53 · Open in the reader
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The meaning of the words muſt firſt bee enquiredinquired into. [But canſt not tell:] In the Originall this phraſe is thus ſet down …
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The meaning of the words muſt firſt bee enquiredinquired into. [But canſt not tell:] In the Originall this phraſe is thus ſet down …
Thomas Barnes · The Gales of Grace · p. 210 · Open in the reader
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… y^e psalmograph saith: When he slue thē, they sought him, and turned them early, & enquiredinquired after God. And they remembred, that God was their strengthe, and that the …hie …
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… y^e psalmograph saith: When he slue thē, they sought him, and turned them early, & enquiredinquired after God. And they remembred, that God was their strengthe, and that the …hie …
Thomas Becon · The Sick Mans Salve · p. 80 · Open in the reader
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… remember ſuch their ſinnes any more; in ſuch ſort, as if they ſhould be enquiredinquired for, they ſhould not be found, and if they ſhould be asked after, there …
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… remember ſuch their ſinnes any more; in ſuch ſort, as if they ſhould be enquiredinquired for, they ſhould not be found, and if they ſhould be asked after, there …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 294 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (54)

33 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 31 are listed here. 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Fresh Antidote Against Neonomian Bane A32758

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… imagination of it, when as the Apoſtle Peter, 1 Ep. c. 1.10. Saith, the Prophets have EnquiredInquired after and ſearched diligently for this Salvation propheſied of, Searching what and what manner …
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… imagination of it, when as the Apoſtle Peter, 1 Ep. c. 1.10. Saith, the Prophets have EnquiredInquired after and ſearched diligently for this Salvation propheſied of, Searching what and what manner …
Isaac Chauncy · A Fresh Antidote Against Neonomian Bane · p. 78 · Open in the reader

The Divine Institution of Congregational Churches A32762

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§. 5. It may be EnquiredInquired, In what Proportion the Maintenance of a Minister ought to be? The Apoſtle calls …
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§. 5. It may be EnquiredInquired, In what Proportion the Maintenance of a Minister ought to be? The Apoſtle calls …
Isaac Chauncy · The Divine Institution of Congregational Churches · p. 141 · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

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Vers. 1. ENquiredInquired] By the priest, putting on the brest-plate with the Urim and Thummim, Numb. 27. 21.
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Vers. 1. ENquiredInquired] By the priest, putting on the brest-plate with the Urim and Thummim, Numb. 27. 21.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Winter Meditations A50175

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… His Doing, in the World; The News of Great Occurrents are then to be EnquiredInquired after, not as by A…henians, having only an It…h of Nowlty to …
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… His Doing, in the World; The News of Great Occurrents are then to be EnquiredInquired after, not as by A…henians, having only an It…h of Nowlty to …
Cotton Mather · Winter Meditations · p. 23 · Open in the reader
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… I will take away the Heart of Stone; yet for this I will be EnquiredInquired of, to do it.
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… I will take away the Heart of Stone; yet for this I will be EnquiredInquired of, to do it.
Cotton Mather · Winter Meditations · p. 75 · Open in the reader

Concerning Comets A50213

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OR A Discourse Concerning COMETS; wherein the Nature of BLAZING STARS is EnquiredInquired into: With an Historical Account of all the COMETS which have appeared from the …
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OR A Discourse Concerning COMETS; wherein the Nature of BLAZING STARS is EnquiredInquired into: With an Historical Account of all the COMETS which have appeared from the …
Increase Mather · Concerning Comets · Open in the reader

The True Nature of a Gospel Church and its Government A53732

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I. IT is EnquiredInquired, Whether Excommunication, justly deserved, may and ought to be omitted in case of trouble …
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I. IT is EnquiredInquired, Whether Excommunication, justly deserved, may and ought to be omitted in case of trouble …
John Owen · The True Nature of a Gospel Church and its Government · p. 219 · Open in the reader
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V. IT is EnquiredInquired, (Fifthly) Whether such as voluntarily, causlesly and disorderly, do leave the Communion of any …
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V. IT is EnquiredInquired, (Fifthly) Whether such as voluntarily, causlesly and disorderly, do leave the Communion of any …
John Owen · The True Nature of a Gospel Church and its Government · p. 225 · Open in the reader
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… entire Communion with one another in all parts of Divine Worship, it may be EnquiredInquired, Whether if a Man leave a Church of one sort to join with one …
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… entire Communion with one another in all parts of Divine Worship, it may be EnquiredInquired, Whether if a Man leave a Church of one sort to join with one …
John Owen · The True Nature of a Gospel Church and its Government · p. 226 · Open in the reader
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VII. IT may be farther EnquiredInquired, Whether a Man may be Excommunicated for Errors in matters of Faith, or false …
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VII. IT may be farther EnquiredInquired, Whether a Man may be Excommunicated for Errors in matters of Faith, or false …
John Owen · The True Nature of a Gospel Church and its Government · p. 228 · Open in the reader

Two Discourses Concerning the Holy Spirit A53734

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… necessary unto their Call unto their Office. These things I say are to be EnquiredInquired into, because in opposition unto the first it is affirmed, that these supposed Gifts …
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… necessary unto their Call unto their Office. These things I say are to be EnquiredInquired into, because in opposition unto the first it is affirmed, that these supposed Gifts …
John Owen · Two Discourses Concerning the Holy Spirit · p. 240 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon 1 Peter A57537

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EnquiredInquired and searched] The words imply the great pains they used herein, as Daniel by …
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EnquiredInquired and searched] The words imply the great pains they used herein, as Daniel by …
John Rogers · Exposition Upon 1 Peter · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Saul and David Compared A61680

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… be in his account as Nothing; and therefore though Saul is ſaid to have EnquiredInquired of the Lord, 1 Sam. 28. 6, he is elſewhere ſaid, Not to Enquire of God, but …
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… be in his account as Nothing; and therefore though Saul is ſaid to have EnquiredInquired of the Lord, 1 Sam. 28. 6, he is elſewhere ſaid, Not to Enquire of God, but …
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 31 · Open in the reader
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… ſuch a ſorry manner, 1 Sam. 28, 6. as that he is elſewhere ſaid not to have EnquiredInquired of God at all, 1 Chron. 10. 14. And thus, an Hypocrite may Pray, and Adviſe with …
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… ſuch a ſorry manner, 1 Sam. 28, 6. as that he is elſewhere ſaid not to have EnquiredInquired of God at all, 1 Chron. 10. 14. And thus, an Hypocrite may Pray, and Adviſe with …
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 78 · Open in the reader
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… to help the Oppreſſed Keilites, 1 Sam. 23. 1, 2; yet being Diſcouraged by his Men, v. 3, he EnquiredInquired of God Again, v. 4, that ſo he might be Certain, what was the Will …
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… to help the Oppreſſed Keilites, 1 Sam. 23. 1, 2; yet being Diſcouraged by his Men, v. 3, he EnquiredInquired of God Again, v. 4, that ſo he might be Certain, what was the Will …
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 287 · Open in the reader
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… that all Good is from the Lord, Jam. 1. 17; for which he yet will be EnquiredInquired of, Ezek. 36. 37, who knoweth the Meaning of ſpiritual Sighs and Groans, Rom. 8. 26, 27. He will …
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… that all Good is from the Lord, Jam. 1. 17; for which he yet will be EnquiredInquired of, Ezek. 36. 37, who knoweth the Meaning of ſpiritual Sighs and Groans, Rom. 8. 26, 27. He will …
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 288 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

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EnquiredInquired of the Lord, 2 Sam. 21. 1. Heb. sought the face of the Lord, marg. To enquire …
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EnquiredInquired of the Lord, 2 Sam. 21. 1. Heb. sought the face of the Lord, marg. To enquire …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 195 · Open in the reader

Harmony of the Gospels A70454

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SS. EnquiredInquired diligently of them the time when the Star appeared.
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SS. EnquiredInquired diligently of them the time when the Star appeared.
John Lightfoot · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 111 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened A71078

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… hath been once Proclaimed, though not particularly ſent to every one who ſhould have EnquiredInquired after it, which yet hath been ſo loud, as Generally to Raiſe the ſlumbring …
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… hath been once Proclaimed, though not particularly ſent to every one who ſhould have EnquiredInquired after it, which yet hath been ſo loud, as Generally to Raiſe the ſlumbring …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 130 · Open in the reader
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… Thus one may Accidentally be Made to ſee, what otherwiſe he would not have EnquiredInquired after, no more than Ahab did Elijah or Micajah, if he could fairly have …
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… Thus one may Accidentally be Made to ſee, what otherwiſe he would not have EnquiredInquired after, no more than Ahab did Elijah or Micajah, if he could fairly have …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 137 · Open in the reader
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… of ſuch as do not ſeek him, Iſa. 65. 1. but Ordinarily he will be firſt EnquiredInquired of, Ezek. 36. 37. Joſeph had Corn enough, yet muſt his own Brethren Come and Buy …
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… of ſuch as do not ſeek him, Iſa. 65. 1. but Ordinarily he will be firſt EnquiredInquired of, Ezek. 36. 37. Joſeph had Corn enough, yet muſt his own Brethren Come and Buy …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 177 · Open in the reader
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… Exerciſe a Spirit of Enquiry in his moſt Inlightned ones: As God will be EnquiredInquired of, with reference unto the Matter of Redemption, Ezek. 36. 37. ſo with Reſpect unto the …
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… Exerciſe a Spirit of Enquiry in his moſt Inlightned ones: As God will be EnquiredInquired of, with reference unto the Matter of Redemption, Ezek. 36. 37. ſo with Reſpect unto the …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 258 · Open in the reader
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… God needeth not to be Remembred of his Covenant, Pſal. 111. 5. yet will he be EnquiredInquired of for This, Ezek. 36. 37. and therefore let us pray for This; and as we …
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… God needeth not to be Remembred of his Covenant, Pſal. 111. 5. yet will he be EnquiredInquired of for This, Ezek. 36. 37. and therefore let us pray for This; and as we …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 272 · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of the Covenant of Redemption A96532

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… Covenant of Works, and the Covenant of Grace; and here may theſe things be EnquiredInquired into.
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… Covenant of Works, and the Covenant of Grace; and here may theſe things be EnquiredInquired into.
Samuel Willard · The Doctrine of the Covenant of Redemption · p. 19 · Open in the reader
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IT may furthermore be EnquiredInquired, whether this Covenant of Redemption is to be accounted a Covenant of Works, or …
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IT may furthermore be EnquiredInquired, whether this Covenant of Redemption is to be accounted a Covenant of Works, or …
Samuel Willard · The Doctrine of the Covenant of Redemption · p. 42 · Open in the reader
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… Now for a more diſtinct and particular view of theſe Articles, it may be EnquiredInquired,
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… Now for a more diſtinct and particular view of theſe Articles, it may be EnquiredInquired,
Samuel Willard · The Doctrine of the Covenant of Redemption · p. 52 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

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… the Life of Men, Thou ſhall not Kill. The Meaning whereof follows to be EnquiredInquired.
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… the Life of Men, Thou ſhall not Kill. The Meaning whereof follows to be EnquiredInquired.
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 656 · Open in the reader
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But here it may be EnquiredInquired,
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But here it may be EnquiredInquired,
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 713 · Open in the reader
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… He revived again to his People on Mount Sinai. But it may here be EnquiredInquired, To what purpoſe it is recited in the Doctrine of Fallen Man's Religion; or …
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… He revived again to his People on Mount Sinai. But it may here be EnquiredInquired, To what purpoſe it is recited in the Doctrine of Fallen Man's Religion; or …
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 753 · Open in the reader
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BUT it may be here EnquiredInquired, What is requiſite to ſuch a Profeſſion as will give Men a title to …
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BUT it may be here EnquiredInquired, What is requiſite to ſuch a Profeſſion as will give Men a title to …
Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 854 · Open in the reader

Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated N05401

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… after. In P. 50. a. he says, It don't seem at all probable, that Philip ENQUIREDINQUIRED ANY THING about the Regeneration or Sanctification of the Eunuch. And yet in the …
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… after. In P. 50. a. he says, It don't seem at all probable, that Philip ENQUIREDINQUIRED ANY THING about the Regeneration or Sanctification of the Eunuch. And yet in the …
Jonathan Edwards · Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated · p. 126 · Open in the reader