Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11458 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

intreateentreat

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

Puritas changed it: 1,105 times in 534 works
Consistency: 99.2% (1,105 of 1,113)
Reach if approved: ~1,201 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: entreat
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,143 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,105 changes in 534 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,105)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
By fylthy rewardes, thu cannyst not me intreateentreat,
With rule
By fylthy rewardes, thu cannyst not me intreateentreat,
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be accounted, either base feare, or unfaithfulnes. 1. Tim. 5.1. Rebuke not an Elder, but intreateentreat him as a Father. The Prophets themselves when they were to reprove Kings, shewed …
With rule
… to be accounted, either base feare, or unfaithfulnes. 1. Tim. 5.1. Rebuke not an Elder, but intreateentreat him as a Father. The Prophets themselves when they were to reprove Kings, shewed …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 49 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the name of the Lord Ieſus, to have recourſe to this great God, and intreateentreat him to take away your ſtony heart from you: looke as it is with …
With rule
… the name of the Lord Ieſus, to have recourſe to this great God, and intreateentreat him to take away your ſtony heart from you: looke as it is with …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dwelleth all fulnesse. let vs flye by our faithful prayers to this Physician, and intreateentreat him for that medicine, that issued out of his side, water and bloud, to …
With rule
… dwelleth all fulnesse. let vs flye by our faithful prayers to this Physician, and intreateentreat him for that medicine, that issued out of his side, water and bloud, to …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 73 · Open in the reader
Printed
The thirde and last part I promised to intreateentreat of, is the frailtie of man, which in this text is offered to be …
With rule
The thirde and last part I promised to intreateentreat of, is the frailtie of man, which in this text is offered to be …
William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the former petition wee deſire pardon of our ſinnes: ſo in this we intreateentreat the Lorde to defende and keepe vs from the handes of the temptor: leaſt …
With rule
… in the former petition wee deſire pardon of our ſinnes: ſo in this we intreateentreat the Lorde to defende and keepe vs from the handes of the temptor: leaſt …
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… meaſure) any benefit to the Church and country, wherein I live, I ſhall likewiſe intreateentreat them to conferre the thanks upon you, by whom I was enabled to perfect …
With rule
… meaſure) any benefit to the Church and country, wherein I live, I ſhall likewiſe intreateentreat them to conferre the thanks upon you, by whom I was enabled to perfect …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… accomplishment of God his promise in the kingdome of heauen. More particularly we will intreateentreat of true happinesse by the causes and by the effects of it.
With rule
… accomplishment of God his promise in the kingdome of heauen. More particularly we will intreateentreat of true happinesse by the causes and by the effects of it.
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 207 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace A08981

Printed
… of what thēſelues know, or but lead by affection, diſliking of other mens diſlike. IntreateEntreat the former to let thee abound for ſuch things in thine owne ſenſe, and …
With rule
… of what thēſelues know, or but lead by affection, diſliking of other mens diſlike. IntreateEntreat the former to let thee abound for ſuch things in thine owne ſenſe, and …
Richard Bernard · Christian Advertisements and Counsels of Peace · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Last Battle of the Soul A16539

Printed
… his grace & loue, that your corruption proue not strongest while your wittes are weakest: IntreateEntreat earnestlie the Lord that hee woulde make perfect his strength in your weaknesse.
With rule
… his grace & loue, that your corruption proue not strongest while your wittes are weakest: IntreateEntreat earnestlie the Lord that hee woulde make perfect his strength in your weaknesse.
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1026 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the chiefest fortresse of my Saluation, for to batter it downe to the ground: IntreateEntreat the Lord that his mercie may bee a strong rempart and a blessed Bul …
With rule
… the chiefest fortresse of my Saluation, for to batter it downe to the ground: IntreateEntreat the Lord that his mercie may bee a strong rempart and a blessed Bul …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 1088 · Open in the reader

The Plea of the Poor A20764

Printed
… as Auſtin ſaith) will reioyce when they borrow, and mourne when they repay it; IntreateEntreat that they may receiue, and calumniate when they ſhould reſtore; who may be bankrupt …
With rule
… as Auſtin ſaith) will reioyce when they borrow, and mourne when they repay it; IntreateEntreat that they may receiue, and calumniate when they ſhould reſtore; who may be bankrupt …
John Downame · The Plea of the Poor · p. 205 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
… other refuge but only to his mere mercie. Thus ye ſee what the word IntreateEntreat importeth. And ſo as oft as there is any ſpeaking of preſenting our ſelues …
With rule
… other refuge but only to his mere mercie. Thus ye ſee what the word IntreateEntreat importeth. And ſo as oft as there is any ſpeaking of preſenting our ſelues …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 170 · Open in the reader